District Collector pays homage to police martyrs on Commemoration Day

On Police Commemoration Day on Wednesday (October 21, 2026), District Collector
S. Kandasamy, I.A.S., laid a wreath at the Armed
Forces Ground in Anakkalpalayam and paid homage to police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty.
Police Commemoration Day is observed across the country every year on October 21 to honour police martyrs.
October 21 is observed as Police Commemoration Day nationwide in memory of the police personnel who died in the line of duty.
The observance commemorates the sacrifice of 10 police personnel killed in an ambush by Chinese troops at Hot Springs in Ladakh on October 21, 1959.