26 January: Republic day

           Today Indians are celebrating India’s 61st Republic day across the globe where ever they reside with full of zeal and zest to show their respect to great India.26th January 1950 is one of the most important days in the Indian history as it was on this day the constitution of India came into force and India became a truly sovereign state. On this day in the year 1950 India became a totally republican unit. The country finally realised the dream of Mahatma Gandhi and the numerous freedom fighters who, fought for and sacrificed their lives for the Independence of their country.The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on January 26, 1950 The date 26 January was chosen to honour the memory of the declaration of independence of 1930.The main parade, Republic Day Parade takes place at the Rajpath, in the national capital New Delhi, where the President views the parade, state capitals also have their state celebrations. In this year Republic Day Parade President of Republic of Korea Mr. Lee Myung Bak is Chief Guest. To mark the importance of this occasion, every year a grand parade is held in the capital, from the Rajghat, along the Vijaypath. The different regiments of the army, the Navy and the Air force march past in all their finery and official decorations even the horses of the cavalry are attractively caparisoned to suit the occasion. They spend many days preparing for the event and no expense is spared to see that every detail is taken care of, from their practice for the drills, the essential props and their uniforms. The parade is followed by a pageant of spectacular displays from the different states of the country. These moving exhibits depict scenes of activities of people in those states and the music and songs of that particular state accompany each display. Each display brings out the diversity and richness of the culture of India and the whole show lends a festive air to the occasion.
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