Khyomo Lotha, former MP and State Chief Commissioner, NSBS&G highlighted the genesis of Scouting & Guiding. It was in the year 1909, when Captain TH Baker established the first Scout Troop in Bangalore and got it registered with imperial Headquarters, London. Subsequently, Scout Troops were formed in Bangalore, Kirkee and Jabalpur. These three troops increased to nine different Boy Scout Organisations in early 1911 in Shimla, Calcutta, Jabalpur, Allahabad, Bangalore, Poona, Kirkee, Saidpur, and Madras as its Headquarters.