dia, who is also the Commander in Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, relishes the salute. The Chief Guest of the parade is the Head of State of another nation....I then thought of sharing some facts....
Born with Indus Valley Civilization in such sites as Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Lothal, and the coming of the Aryans....It is in the Vedic period that Hinduism first arose: this is the time to which the Vedas are dated. ...
Fifth Century...Ashoka...spread of Buddhism..
Eigth Century, Islam first visit to India...
The European presence in India dates to the seventeenth century..
The Rebellion of 1857-58, which sought to restore Indian supremacy..
Successive campaigns had the effect of driving the British out of India in 1947. ...
With 1,150,000,000 (1.15 billion) people, India is currently the world's second largest country. India crossed the one billion mark in the year 2000, one year after the world's population crossed the six billion threshold. India is home for 17% of Worlds population...22 Official languages...over 1000 spoken languages....Sanskrit and Tamil are the classical languages of India according to the Government.....great example for UNITY in DIVERSITY....
Why we celebrate Republic day on 26Jan every year ?
Although India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947, it did not yet have a permanent constitution; instead, its laws were based on the modified colonial Government of India Act 1935, and the country was a Dominion, with George VI as head of state and Earl Mountbatten as Governor General. On August 29, 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed to draft a 
permanent constitution, with Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar as chairman.The Constitution of India came into effect only on January 26, 1950, 10.18 AM IST. Following elections on January 21, 1950, Rajendra Prasad was elected as the president of India. The Indian National Congress and other parties had been celebrating January 26th as a symbol of Independence, even before India actually became independent. Thus, signing the constitution on January 26, to mark and respect January 26 and the freedom struggle and the freedom fighters.
Great Journey of 60 years......we have struggled a lot to be in a place where we are today....Consititution is what govern the country.....does it need a revision....do we need to amend it as per the changing environment...is the consititution only prinicples upon which our laws are made....Lot of questions arise when we see the new age politics....
Long way to go, we have just started ...We, are the greatest, largest, youngest republic of the world....We, are proud INDIANS
3 comments:
Sundar my friend, very nice first post! Informative and interesting! Nandri!
One more instresting thing about the dates is,
Though the constitution assembly passed the Indian Constitution on Nov 26,1949 i.e the constitution is ready to use, we decided it will effective only from Jan 26, 1950.
The date 26 January was chosen to commemorate the declaration of independence of 1930 that when we decided the India really needs Purna Swaraj.
Thanks Kavi...this is very interesting information in Indian History that some of us not aware of ...
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