Police Commemoration Day, observed on 21 October, commemorates the policemen killed in an ambush at which place?
- A.Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
- B.Hot Springs, Ladakh
- C.Nathu La, Sikkim
- D.Walong, Arunachal Pradesh
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Explanation
The correct answer is Hot Springs, Ladakh. On 21 October 1959 an Indian police patrol was ambushed there by heavily armed Chinese troops and ten policemen were killed. That sacrifice is the reason 21 October is kept every year as Police Commemoration Day, when forces across the country honour those men and all other police personnel who died in the line of duty. At the main ceremony the Union Home Minister lays the closing wreath at the altar dedicated specifically to the Hot Springs martyrs. Option A, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, is not the site named for this day. Option C, Nathu La in Sikkim, is a pass in the eastern Himalaya and has no link to the 1959 ambush that this day marks. Option D, Walong in Arunachal Pradesh, is likewise not connected with the event commemorated on 21 October. Only Hot Springs in Ladakh is correct.
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