Year wise Progression of Crime Investigation Agencies
| Year wise Progression of Crime Investigation Agencies | |
| 1849 | Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Madras | 
| 1853 | Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kolkata | 
| 1864 | Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Agra | 
| 1870 | Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Bombay | 
| 1892 | Anthropometric Bureau, Calcutta | 
| 1897 | Fingerprint Bureau, Calcutta | 
| 1898 | Inspectorate of Explosive, Nagpur | 
| 1905 | Central Fingerprint Bureau (CFPB), Shimla | 
| 1906 | Govt. Examiner Questioned Documents (GEQD), Shimla | 
| 1910 | Serological and Chemical Examiner to the Government of India, Calcutta | 
| 1915 | Footprint Section of Criminal Investigation Department, Bengal | 
| 1917 | Note Forgery Section in Criminal Investigation Department, Bengal | 
| 1930 | Ballistics Laboratory, Calcutta | 
| 1936 | Scientific Sections in the Criminal Investigation Department, Bengal | 
| 1952 | State Forensic Science Laboratory, Calcutta | 
| 1955 | Central Fingerprint Bureau (CFPB), Calcutta | 
| 1956 | Central Detective Training School (CDTS), Calcutta | 
| 1957 | Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Calcutta | 
| 1958 | SFSL, Mumbai | 
| 1959 | Sagar University, MP | 
| 1960 | Indian Academy of Forensic Sciences (IAFS) | 
| 1964 | Central Detective Training School, Hyderabad | 
| 1967 | CFSL, Hyderabad | 
| 1968 | CFSL-CBI, New Delhi | 
| 1970 | Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR & D), New Delhi | 
| 1972 | Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, New Delhi | 
| 1972 | Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine, Goa | 
| 1972 | CDTS, Hyderabad | 
| 1978 | CFSL, Chandigarh | 
| 2002 | Directorate of Forensic Science Services (DFSS), CGO complex, New Delhi | 
| 2011 | CFSL, Pune, Bhopal, and Guwahati | 
| 2012 | CDTS, Jaipur | 
| 2016 | CDTS, Ghaziabad | 
| 2019 | CFSL Kamrup, Guwahati | 
