New Delhi, Jan 25: India will celebrate its 74th Republic Day this year, and we are all pleased and overjoyed to participate in and watch the celebration. When Dr. Rajendra Prasad took office and started serving as president of India in 1950, we observed our first republic day.
Republic Day and Independence Day, are the two national holidays that are observed with fervor and patriotism everywhere. This year’s weeklong Republic Day celebrations will also feature a parade, the Beating Retreat ritual, a military tattoo, and tribal dance festival, and a drone show.
The Indian National Congress (INC) announced Purna Swaraj (full independence) on January 26, 1930, in opposition to the British government’s dominion status in the country. As a result, this day was chosen for the Constitution’s implementation. India annually invites the leader of a specific country as the chief guest for the Republic Day parade. The first head of state to visit India’s Republic Day festivities was Indonesian President Sukarno in 1950.
Who will be the guest for Republic Day 2023?
Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the Egyptian president, will be the special guest this year.
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Interesting and Unknown facts about Republic Day 2023
- The Constitution of India came into impact on January 26, 1950. Republic Day has considering been discovered on January 26. On November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly did, however, undertake the Constitution. The Constitution changed into created in 2 years, eleven months, and 18 days.
- On January 26, 1950, the Indian Constitution have become powerful, and that day is called Republic Day.
- With 444 articles divided into 22 parts, 12 schedules, and 118 amendments to date, the Indian charter is the longest withinside the world.
- The Constituent Assembly enacted the constitution on November 26, 1949, and it became effective in 1950.
- The first Republic Day parade was held in 1950 at the Irwin Amphitheater (now Major Dhyan Chand Stadium), where over 100 aircraft and 3,000 members of the Indian military participated.
- One of two times a Pakistani governor was granted the privilege, the inaugural parade at Rajpath was held in 1955 with Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad of Pakistan as the chief guest.
- The date of January 26 was chosen since it was on this day in 1930 that the Indian National Congress unveiled Purna Swaraj, which rejected the British Regime’s Dominion status and declared India’s independence from colonial authority.
- The principal guest for the Republic Day parade is often the head of a specific country. The first head of state to visit India’s Republic Day celebrations was Indonesian President Sukarno in 1950.
- Each army participant in the march undergoes a thorough four-layer assessment, including a close examination of their armaments.
