Question: Who presided over as the chief guest on the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day which was celebrated on October 21 2019?
(a) Raj Nath Singh
(b) Amit Shah
(c) VK Singh
(d) Jitendra Singh
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah presided over the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day and paid homage to the police personnel martyred in the line of duty at the National Police Memorial, in New Delhi on October 20 2019.
- Home Minister commended all police personnel and called them the silent sentinels of the nation.
- From the guarding of borders to traffic management and fighting the menace of illicit drugs to battling terrorism, police personnel have played a quiet yet seminal role in the nation’s development.
- 34844 police personnel have laid down lives in the line of duty till now.
- It was mentioned that police forces in India are severely understaffed, with an actual strength of 144 police personnel per one lakh population as opposed to the sanctioned strength of 222.
Police Commemoration Day:
- Police Commemoration Day owes its origin to the unflinching dedication and commendable courage of CRPF men.
- It was on this very day in 1959 when CRPF scripted a saga of valour and sacrifice in the snow-laden, inaccessible, inhospitable terrain of Hot Springs in Ladakh. A patrol party of twenty personnel of CRPF and Intelligence Bureau had gone to search for a missing reconnaissance party when it was ambushed by PLA (Chinese Army).
- In spite of the sudden attack and disadvantageous tactical position, they fought valiantly against the Chinese army personnel who were in large numbers and heavily armed.
- In this battle, ten CRPF men were martyred in defense of the country. Since then, Police Commemoration Day is observed on 21st October every year to honor the loyalty and supreme sacrifice of police personnel for the nation.
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