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India's First National Police Museum To Set Up In New Delhi
India's First National Police Museum To Set Up In New Delhi- Details, Features
Union Government has decided to establish India’s first national police museum in Lutyens’ Delhi.
The unique national police museum will depict the history, artifacts, uniforms and gear of central and state police forces.
The national police museum will come up as an underground facility in the premises of the national police memorial in Chanakyapuri area of the national capital.
The national police museum is believed to be inaugurated on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, on 21st October 2018, by either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
The central armed police forces (CAPFs), the central police organizations and the state police forces have been asked to collect their historical documents, items, police-related gazette notifications and unique weapons and uniforms so that it can be displayed at the museum.
The items sought to be placed in the first-ever national police museum will include brass insignia, ceremonial and operational head gears and uniforms, batons, belts, distinctive photographs of dog squads, mounted columns and old copies of the Indian Police Act.
