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2 min readJun 26, 2021

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India and Its Festivals

India is a country of festivals all over the world for regional festivals or National festivals.

Festivals like Holi, Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti, And many more festivals are celebrated all over the world with great enthusiasm and happiness.

The country is like the bride almost at every festival.

India also possesses a rich history of sacrifice and from this, there is a national festival which is Republic Day and celebrates on 26th January every year.

Since 1950, We celebrate the Enforcement of the Constitution of India.

On 26th January 2021, we are going to celebrate the 72nd version of Republic Day.

If you want to know the detailed history about why Republic day is celebrated in India then continue further reading with happiness.

Why Republic Day celebrated in India?

We celebrate Republic day on every 26th January since 1960 to praise the date on which our Constitution of India came into existence.

India was a part of the colonial government for 200 years not a short period of slavery and yes, after 200 years India got independence from the British government after the Independent Movement on 14th August 1947, but India does not have its laws, rule, and regulation till 1950. India is following the extended version of the British government established the Government of Act 1935.

However, after this theme drafting committee appointed on 29th August 1947, for drafting the permanent Indian Constitution whose Chairman was Dr.B R Ambedkar.

After a lot of hardships, the constitution finally drafted on 26th January and named the day of Republic Day of India, and from this, India becomes the Sovereign Republic.

What is Republic Day? (Significance) and some more points about why Republic day Celebrated in India.

Republic day

The importance of January 26 is that on that day in 1929, the Indian National Congress made the notable Declaration of Indian Independence (PurnaSwaraj) rather than the British principle.

Furthermore, however, the Constitution comes into power in 1950 with a popularity-based government framework, which embraced by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949. This finished the nation’s change into turning into a sovereign republic.

The draft of the constitution submitted to the Indian Constituent Assembly on 4 November 1947.

Throughout 166 days, which spread more than two years, the 308 individuals from the Assembly meet in meetings available to general society and made a few adjustments.

At long last, on January 24, 1950, the Assembly individuals marked two transcribed duplicates of the Constitution, one in English and one in Hindi.

On that day started Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s initial term of office as President of the Indian Union.

The Constituent Assembly turned into the Parliament of India under the momentary arrangements of the new Constitution.

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