Haryana CM annouces Shaurya Awards for students of the state

The Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar has announced the Shaurya Awards for students in the name of 71 state police martyrs.

Details about the Shaurya Awards:

• The Shaurya Awards with prize money of Rs 11,000 will be awarded to students in the name of 71 personnel of the state police forces who laid down their lives while protecting society and maintaining law and order in the state.
• The award would be given to a student for courageous deeds every year in a village block where the school is located and where a martyr studied during his childhood.
• The announcements were made by the Chief Minister while addressing the family members of Haryana Police martyrs at the National Police Memorial in New Delhi.
• The Chief Minister also announced the construction of a state-level police memorial in the state of Haryana and released the titled 'Martyrs of Haryana Police'.

About the National Police Memorial:

• Renovated and refurbished National Police Memorial was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 October 2018.
• National Police Memorial commemorates the 34,844 police personnel from all of the central and state police forces in India who have died in the line of duty since the nation's Independence in 1947.
• The National Police Memorial commemorates the police personnel whose lives were lost in the fight against terrorism, militancy and insurgency in states such as Punjab, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Jammu and Kashmir and red corridor-affected regions in India.
• The National Police Memorial also hosts the Wall of Valour with names of police personnel engraved on the granite, who died in the line of duty from 1947 to the present day.

Question:

Q. The Chief Minister of which state has announced the Shaurya Awards for students in the name of 71 state police martyrs?
a. Punjab
b. Bihar
c. Haryana
d. Nagaland