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Republic Day

Republic Day commemorates the date that India adopted its constitution and became a sovereign democratic republic, which was January 26, 1950. The constitution was drafted over several years after independence from Britain on August 15, 1947. It was finally signed on January 24, 1950 by 308 members of the Assembly after much deliberation, and came into effect two days later on January 26, establishing India as a sovereign, democratic republic with a representative form of government.

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Republic Day

Republic Day commemorates the date that India adopted its constitution and became a sovereign democratic republic, which was January 26, 1950. The constitution was drafted over several years after independence from Britain on August 15, 1947. It was finally signed on January 24, 1950 by 308 members of the Assembly after much deliberation, and came into effect two days later on January 26, establishing India as a sovereign, democratic republic with a representative form of government.

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Republic day

A republic day is a historical date on which country commemorates the day when a country
became republic and Its own constitution comes into regulation. In some countries, it is
known as National Day or Proclamation Day, or by some other sort of name.
India gained its independence on 15 August 1947, after which the process of preparing a
constitution was started. The constitution was passed on 26 November 1949 in
the constituent assembly. It was adopted on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government
system. 26 January was selected because it was this day in 1930 when the Indian
independence was passed. India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August
1947 following the Indian independence movement noted for largely peaceful nonviolent
resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress. The independence
came through the Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo 6 c. 30), an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent
Dominions of the British Commonwealth (later Commonwealth of Nations): India and
Pakistan. India obtained its independence on 15 August 1947 as a constitutional monarchy
with George VI as head of state and Earl Mountbatten as governor-general. The country,
though, did not yet have a permanent constitution; instead, its laws were based on the
modified colonial Government of India Act 1935. On 28 August 1947, the Drafting Committee
was appointed to draft a permanent constitution, with Rd. R. Ambedkar as chairman. While
India's Independence Day celebrates its freedom from British Rule, the Republic Day
celebrates coming into force of its constitution.

A draft constitution was prepared by the committee and submitted to the Assembly on 4
November 1947. The Assembly met, in sessions open to the public, for 166 days, spread
over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 18 days before adopting the Constitution. After
many deliberations and some modifications, the 308 members of the Assembly signed two
hand-written copies of the document (one in Hindi and one in English) on 24 January 1950.
Two days later, it came into effect throughout the nation. The main Republic Day celebration
is held in the national capital of New Delhi at the Rajpath before the president of India.

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