- Every year on October 21, the country commemorates Police Memorial Day to honor the dedication of police officers.
- The purpose of this day is to recall the sacrifices made and to honor the courageous men who died during the Chinese forces’ onslaught on Hot Springs.
- On this day in 1959, ten heroic police officers died fighting highly armed Chinese forces in Hot Springs, Ladakh.
- In honor of these police officers, the ‘National Police Memorial’ was built in New Delhi in 2018.
- In January 1960, this day was designated as a national holiday.
