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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 ...
However, the new Constitution of India, as drafted and approved by the Constituent Assembly, was mandated to take effect on 26 January 1950, to commemorate the 1930 declaration. On that day in 1950, India became a republic. 26 January is now celebrated as Republic Day of India every year.
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.
1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later. [23] 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City. [24] 1934 – German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed. [25]
26 January 1950 (Republic of India) [10] Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit poem written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay , first published in 1882 as part of the Bengali novel Anandmath . [ 32 ] [ 1 ] The poem played a vital role in the Indian independence movement and gained political significance when it was recited by Tagore in 1896. [ 33 ]
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 23 public holidays for staff working in government offices and banks. [1] They are declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881. [2] [3] Three of them are national holidays: Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanthi. [4] State-specific holidays include Pongal, Thiruvalluvar Day, and Tamil New ...
On 26 January 1950, India became an independent republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. This series was introduced on 15 August 1950 and represented the first coinage of Republic of India. The British King's portrait was replaced by the Lion Capital of the Ashoka Pillar. A corn sheaf replaced the Tiger on the one rupee coin.
An organization was originally started under the name Andhra Janasangham (transl. Andhra People's Society) in November 1921. Hyderabad was the largest of all the Indian Princely States, with a population of sixteen million. The territory of the state included present-day Telangana, Marathwada (Maharashtra) and parts of Karnataka. 88 percent of ...