Friday, January 23, 2009

Know about the INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY !

Even before the Independence of India from the British rule on August 15, 1947, january 26th was celebrating in a different context. "It was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress at midnight of December 31, 1929-January 1, 1930 that the tri-color flag was unfurled by the nationalists and a pledge taken that every year on january 26, the Independence day would be celebrated and that the people would unceasingly strive for the establishment of a sovereign Democratic REPUBLIC OF INDIA.



India became a republic and the constitution came into force on January 26, 1950. The Constituent Assembly was convened and appointed a committee with Dr.B.R.Ambedkar as chairman to draft the constitution. India declared herself to be a sovereign Democratic republic. The Indian Constitution, the longest in the world, consist 397 articles and 12 schedules, which provides for a single citizenship for the whole of INDIA.



HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY...JAI HIND!!!