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Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 21 (EMN): The Nagaland Police on Friday observed Police Commemoration day at Tennis Court in New Reserve Phesama, Kohima. Speaking on the occasion, Director General of Police (DGP) T John Longkumer recalled its inception following an incident on October 21 in 1959 that changed the perception of the sacrifices made by policemen. “On this day, the October 21 in 1959 a CRPF Mobile Patrolling Party led by DCIO Karam Singh was ambushed in Aksai Chin area of Ladakh by overwhelming numbers of Chinese troops,10 were killed and rest taken prisoners,” he said. The state police chief said the dead bodies of the deceased were handed over by the Chinese on November 13, 1959 and cremated at 8 am on November 14 at Hot Springs, located at an altitude of 1600 feet in Ladakh, and it was in the year 1960, the Heads of Police of all States of India decided in a Conference to observe October 21 as a Police Commemoration Day throughout India. “Throughout Indi ....

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