KBC 14: After whom is the National Police Academy (NPA), a civil services training institute based in Hyderabad, named?

KBC 14: After whom is the National Police Academy (NPA), a civil services training institute based in Hyderabad, named?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

In 1967, this institution was renamed the National Police Academy. The Academy was named after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India, who had the foresight and dynamism to think in terms of all-India level Police Service, in 1974.