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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 ...
The Constitution Day (IAST: Samvidhāna Divasa), also known as "National Law Day", is celebrated in India on 26th day of November every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted to the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950. [1]
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.
26 January 1950: The Constitution came into force. (The process took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days [ 24 ] —at a total expenditure of ₹6.4 million to finish.) [ 32 ] G. V. Mavlankar was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) after India turned into a republic.
The only sure thing is that if the shutdown occurs and is prolonged, it will make the transition even more chaotic,” Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional scholar at Berkeley Law School, told USA ...
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 ...
The Preamble to the Constitution of India is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946 accepted on 22 January 1947 and adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, coming into force on 26 January 1950, celebrated as the Republic Day of India, and was initially drafted by Jawaharlal Nehru. [1]
Subbarao, a noted author in Telugu and a bureaucrat, composed the pledge while serving as the District Treasury Officer of Visakhapatnam District in 1962. He presented it to the senior Congress leader Tenneti Viswanadham who forwarded it to the then Education Minister P.V.G. Raju. Subba Rao was born in Anneparti, Nalgonda District, Telangana.