Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first Republic Day Parade was held on 26 January 1950, led by then Brigadier Moti Sagar of the Gorkha Regiment, during which the President of Indonesia Sukarno was the chief guest. The flypast of that parade included aircraft such as Harvards , Consolidated B-24 Liberators , Dakotas , Hawker Tempest , Spitfires and jet planes comprising a ...
During 1950–1954, Republic Day celebrations were organised at different venues (like Irwin Amphitheatre, Kingsway, Red Fort and Ramlila Maidan). It was only starting 1955 when the parade in its present form was organised at Rajpath. [1] The guest country is chosen after a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests.
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 ...
Celebration of Republic Day and the 100th year of the republic on 29 October 2023, through various events in Turkey and abroad. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , during his visit to Anıtkabir , wrote the following words in the memorial book: "Throughout our 21 years in power, we have endeavored to protect your trust with utmost dedication".
Republic Day (local name: Dan Republike or Дан Републике) marked the occasion two consecutive days, 29 and 30 November, and was likely the most important holiday (the other two-day holidays were New Year and May Day). In elementary schools first graders were inducted into the Union of Pioneers on or around Republic Day. Employees ...
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is scheduled to begin on 77th Street and Central Park West at 8:30 a.m., 30 minutes earlier than ever before in New York and on the broadcast.
Republic Day (Maltese: Jum ir-Repubblika) is a public holiday celebrated in Malta on 13 December. It celebrates the anniversary of the creation of the Republic of Malta in 1974, and the ending of the role of Elizabeth II as Queen of Malta, under which Sir Anthony Mamo, the last Governor-General, was sworn in as the first President.
Before the birth of the republic, the national celebratory day of the Kingdom of Italy was the feast of the Statuto Albertino, which was held on the first Sunday of June. [ 11 ] The first celebration of the Festa della Repubblica took place on 2 June 1947, [ 12 ] while in 1948 there was the first parade in Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome; [ 13 ...