Key Points

• Police Commemoration Day is observed on 21st October, every year.
• The day commemorates the sacrifices of ten policemen who lost their lives while defending Indian borders with China in 1959.
• A National Police Memorial has been created at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi as a testimony of the sacrifices made by countless policemen in the performance of their duty.

Additional Information

• Dates	International Days
  1 October	International Day of the Older Persons, International Coffee Day, World Vegetarian Day
  2 October	Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
  3 October	German Unity Day
  4 October	World Animal Welfare Day
  5 October	World Teachers’ Day
  6 October	German-American Day
  8 October	Indian Air Force Day
  9 October	World Postal Day
  10 October	World Mental Health Day
  11 October	International Day of the Girl Child
  13 October	International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
  14 October	World Standards Day
  15 October	Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, Global Handwashing Day, World Students’ Day
  16 October	World Food Day, World Spine Day, World Anaesthesia Day
  17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
  19 October	World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
  20 October	World Statistics Day, World Osteoporosis Day
  21 October	Police Commemoration Day
  23 October	Mole Day
  24 October	United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
  30 October	World Thrift Day
  31 October	Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day