Prime Minister Modi dedicates National Police Memorial to the Nation

Prime Minister Modi dedicates National Police Memorial to the Nation

Prime Minister Modi dedicates National Police Memorial to the Nation

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated the National Police Memorial to the nation, on Police Commemoration Day. (October 21, 2018)

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October 21 is observed as the Police Commemoration Day every year in memory of the policemen killed at Hot Springs in Ladakh by Chinese troops on this date in 1959.

The memorial has been erected on 6.12 acres of land in Chanakyapuri, at the northern end of Shanti Path.

This Police Memorial represents all State/UT Police Forces and Central Police Organizations of the country.

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The National Police Memorial consists of Central Sculpture, a Wall of Valour-engraved with the names of police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty and a State of Art Museum dedicated to the memory of the martyred police personnel.