INDIAN HISTORY

The  National Investigation Agency  ( NIA ) is a central agency established by the  Indian Government  to combat terror in  India . [3]  It acts as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency. The agency is empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states. The Agency came into existence with the enactment of the National Investigation Agency Act 2008 by the  Parliament of India  on 31 December 2008, which was passed after the deadly  26/11  terror attack in  Mumbai . Such an attack clearly surfaced the failure of intelligence and ability to track such activities by existing agencies in India, hence the  government of India  realized the need of a specific body to deal with terror related activities in  India , thereby establishing the NIA. Headquartered in  New Delhi , the NIA has branches in  Hyderabad ,  Guwahati ,  Kochi ,  Lucknow ,  Mumbai ,  Kolkata ,  Raipur  and  Jammu . It maintains  NIA Most Wanted  li