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Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms. [5] Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress. The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later
Two and a half years after independence, on 26 January 1950, the Constitution of independent India was ratified, and he was elected as the first President of India. On the night of 25 January 1950 (a day before the Republic Day of India), his sister Bhagwati Devi died. He arranged her cremation but only after his return from the parade ground.
Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of India, and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January 1950. The constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India, thus turning the nation from a dominion into a republic ...
Baudouin [25] [26] Belgium: King of Belgium [note 6] V. V. Giri: 1971 Julius Nyerere [27] Tanzania: President of Tanzania: 1972 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam [28] Mauritius: Prime Minister of Mauritius: 1973 Mobutu Sese Seko [29] Zaire: President of Zaire: 1974 Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia: President of Yugoslavia: 2nd invitation Two guests [30] Sirimavo ...
President K. R. Narayanan's address to the nation [51] on the golden jubilee of the Indian Republic (26 January 2000) is considered a landmark: [52] it was the first time [53] a president attempted to analyse, with due concern for growing disparities, the several ways in which the country had failed [54] to provide economic justice to the ...
Indian President Droupadi Murmu's reference to herself as the "President of Bharat" in a dinner invitation, instead of "President of India", sparked controversy on Tuesday, with critics saying the ...
The Constitution of India came into force, and India declared itself a Republic on 26 January 1950, a day thereafter celebrated annually as Republic Day in India. The Constitution had been drafted by the Constituent Assembly headed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar which was set up when India gained its independence from the British in 1947.
25 January - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Jaipur as part of his two-day state visit to India and holds a joint roadshow with Indian Prime Minister Modi from Jantar Mantar to Sanganeri gate. [13] 26 January - India's 75th Republic Day is celebrated with French President Macron participating as the Chief Guest. [14]