Today is Police Commemoration Day. On this day in 1959, ten valiant policemen laid down their lives in an ambush laid by heavily armed Chinese troops at Hot Springs, Ladakh. Since then, 21st October is observed as Police Commemoration Day every year.
Today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lay a wreath at National Police Memorial in New Delhi. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Heads of Central Armed Police Forces, Central Police Organisations will also pay homage to the martyrs by laying wreaths. A joint parade of Central Armed Police Forces and Delhi Police will be held.
