National Salute On Shaurya Diwas Today

New Delhi: Today 9^th May is embarked as Shaurya diwas, where President Kovind was accorded a national salute and presented a guard of honor by a joint column of troops from all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) such as the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, and SSB.

A remembrance service was held when the President paid his respects to the slain security personnel, including the 40 CRPF men killed in Pulwama terror attack, and laid a wreath at the memorial.

On the occasion of the 54th CRPF velour day, President Ram Nath Kovind paid homage to police martyrs and paramilitary personnel killed in the line of duty, at the National Police Memorial in New Delhi's Chanakyapuri.

It was President Kovind's first visit to the National Police Memorial that's a 30-foot-tall and 238-tonne black granite structure. The memorial was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 21, 2018, on the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day.

The memorial salutes thousands of brave soldiers, who fought and made the supreme sacrifice to protect the sovereignty of our nation. India will remain ever grateful to them.