NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the institution of a new national honour for National Unity on the pattern of Padma Awards, an official statement said Sunday.
The annual award would be given to any Indian who has contributed to national unity in any manner, it said, adding that the Prime Minister drew inspiration from Sardar Patel’s contribution towards unification of the country.
The announcement was made at the just concluded annual conference of Director Generals of Police and Inspector Generals of Police held at Kevadiya in Narmada district of Gujarat, near the statue of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, country’s first home minister.
Modi also released a commemorative postal stamp on the National Police Memorial and a special issue of Indian Police Journal on police martyrdom, published by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), it said.
The Prime Minister also suggested that a national level parade may be organised by police forces of about three to four states near Patel’s statue, called the ‘Statue of Unity, every year on Patel’s birthday on October 31. (AGENCIES)
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