<s>
Battlegrounds	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
India	I-Application
(	O
BGMI	B-Application
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
India	I-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
Indian	O
version	O
of	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
,	O
exclusively	O
for	O
players	O
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
released	O
on	O
2	O
July	O
2021	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
18	O
August	O
2021	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
July	O
2022	O
BGMI	B-Application
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Play	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
iOS	B-Application
following	O
orders	O
from	O
the	O
Indian	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
BGMI	B-Application
surpassed	O
100	O
million	O
downloads	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlegrounds	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
India	I-Application
,	O
or	O
BGMI	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
TPP-FPP	O
survival	O
shooter	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
players	O
compete	O
in	O
a	O
battle	O
royale	O
,	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
large-scale	O
last	O
man	O
standing	O
deathmatch	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
compete	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
one	O
standing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
search	O
buildings	O
,	O
ghost	B-Application
towns	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
locations	O
for	O
weapons	O
,	O
vehicles	O
,	O
armour	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Electronics	O
and	O
Information	O
Technology	O
of	O
the	O
Government	O
of	O
India	O
banned	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
117	O
Chinese	O
applications	O
,	O
citing	O
activities	O
that	O
were	O
prejudicial	O
and	O
a	O
threat	O
to	O
India	O
's	O
sovereignty	O
,	O
integrity	O
,	O
and	O
defence	O
,	O
state	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
public	O
order	O
under	O
Section	O
69A	O
of	O
the	O
Information	O
Technology	O
Act	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
in	O
November	O
2020	O
that	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
would	O
be	O
relaunched	O
in	O
India	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
India	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
The	O
Times	O
of	O
India	O
reported	O
that	O
PUBG	O
Studios	O
and	O
South	O
Korea	O
's	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
Krafton	O
had	O
registered	O
PUBG	O
India	O
Private	O
Limited	O
under	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Corporate	O
Affairs	O
,	O
Government	O
of	O
India	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
relaunch	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
in	O
May	O
2021	O
that	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
would	O
be	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Battlegrounds	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
India	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
Indian	O
gaming	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
that	O
,	O
The	O
Indian	O
Express	O
reported	O
on	O
7	O
May	O
2021	O
that	O
Krafton	O
confirmed	O
in	O
a	O
press	O
statement	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
going	O
to	O
launch	O
Battlegrounds	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
India	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pre-registrations	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
started	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
users	O
on	O
18	O
May	O
2021	O
and	O
early	O
access	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
17	O
June	O
2021	O
only	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
released	O
on	O
2	O
July	O
2021	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
18	O
August	O
2021	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
early	O
beta	O
release	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
users	O
,	O
IGN	O
India	O
first	O
reported	O
that	O
data	O
from	O
users	O
 '	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
being	O
sent	O
to	O
Tencent-owned	O
China	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
One	O
reason	O
for	O
this	O
could	O
be	O
because	O
Krafton	O
is	O
allowing	O
BGMI	B-Application
players	O
to	O
transfer	O
their	O
account	O
and	O
game	O
data	O
from	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
to	O
BGMI	B-Application
until	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
The	O
Times	O
of	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
data	O
sharing	O
violation	O
,	O
Krafton	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
BGMI	B-Application
,	O
issued	O
a	O
brief	O
in-game	O
update	O
on	O
22	O
June	O
2021	O
to	O
resolve	O
the	O
data	O
sharing	O
issue	O
with	O
China-based	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
reported	O
that	O
if	O
a	O
user	O
deletes	O
the	O
application	O
data	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
may	O
ping	B-Protocol
Chinese	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
and	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
following	O
a	O
government	O
order	O
but	O
game	O
is	O
working	O
without	O
any	O
VPN	O
.	O
</s>
