National Police Commemoration Day: 21 October

National Police Commemoration Day: 21 October

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Category : Important Days Published on: October 21 2021

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Every year, the country commemorates Police Commemoration Day to honour police officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019, police officers from across the country have been on the front lines, working alongside healthcare officials.
The day commemorates the sacrifices of ten police officers who were killed by Chinese fire in 1959. Chinese troops opened fire and threw grenades at twenty Indian soldiers in Ladakh on October 21, 1959.

Important Facts

About Police Rank Abbreviation

PC: Police Constable
SC: Senior Police Constable
HC: Head constable
ASI: Assistant Sub-inspector
SI: Sub-inspector
API: Assistant Inspector
INS: Inspector
ASP: Assistant Superintendent of Police
Addl. SP: Additional Superintendent of Police
SP: Superintendent of Police
SSP: Senior Superintendent of Police
DIG: Deputy Inspector General of Police
IGP: Inspector General of Police
ADGP: Additional Director General of Police
DGP: Director General of Police
DIB: Director of Intelligence Bureau

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