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The provided text is a news report from The Hindu on October 21, 2025, detailing Police Commemoration Day observances in the Villupuram Range, Cuddalore, and Kallakurichi districts of Tamil Nadu, India. Senior police officials, including Deputy Inspector General of Police E.S. Uma and Superintendents of Police P. Saravanan, S. Jeyakumar, and G.S. Madhavan, led tributes to police personnel who died in the line of duty. The ceremonies included wreath-laying, a commemoration parade, and a 21-gun salute. Police Commemoration Day is held annually on October 21st to remember the policemen killed in a 1959 ambush in Ladakh, and to honor officers who died in the past year.
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Tamil Nadu Police Honor Fallen Officers on Police Commemoration Day

VILLUPURAM, INDIA – October 21, 2025 – Solemn ceremonies were held across the Villupuram Range, Cuddalore, and Kallakurichi districts of Tamil Nadu today as the police force paid tribute to officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The annual Police Commemoration Day, observed every October 21st, serves as a reminder of the sacrifices made by law enforcement personnel.

In Villupuram, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Villupuram Range) E.S. Uma led a commemoration parade and laid a wreath at the Martyrs’ column at the Armed Reserve police grounds. She was joined by Superintendent of Police P. Saravanan.

In Cuddalore, Superintendent of Police S. Jeyakumar presided over a similar ceremony, which concluded with a 21-gun salute performed by Armed Reserve police personnel. Kallakurichi Superintendent of Police G.S. Madhavan led tributes at the district police office in Kallakurichi.

Police Commemoration Day is held nationally to honor the ten policemen killed in a 1959 ambush by Chinese troops in Hot Springs, Ladakh. Today’s observances also specifically remembered the 66 police personnel who died serving the public between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

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