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REPUBLIC DAY

Many people throughout India celebrate the nation’s Republic Day, which is a gazetted holiday on January 26 each year. It is a day to remember when India’s constitution came into force on January 26, 1950, completing the country’s transition toward becoming an independent republic.

What do people do?

Much effort is put towards organizing events and celebrations that occur on Republic Day in India. Large military parades are held in New Delhi and the state capitals. Representatives of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force and traditional dance troupes take part in the parades.

A grand parade is held in New Delhi and the event starts with India’s prime minister laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate, to remember soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country. India’s president takes the military salute during the parade in New Delhi while state governors take the military salutes in state capitals. A foreign head of state is the president’s chief guest on Republic Day.

Awards and medals of bravery are given to the people from the armed forces and also to civilians. Helicopters from the armed forces then fly past the parade area showering rose petals on the audience. School children also participate in the parade by dancing and singing patriotic songs. Armed Forces personnel also showcase motorcycle rides. The parade concludes with a “fly past” by the Indian Air Force, which involves fighter planes of flying past the dais, symbolically saluting the president. These leave trails of smoke in the colors of the Indian flag.

There are many national and local cultural programs focusing on the history and culture of India. Children have a special place in these programs. Many children receive gifts of sweets or small toys. A prime minister’s rally also takes place around this time of the year, as well as the Lok Tarang – National Folk Dance Festival, which occurs annually from January 24-29.

Background

India became independent of the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. India did not have a permanent constitution at this time. The drafting committee presented the constitution’s first draft to the national assembly on November 4, 1947. The national assembly signed the final English and Hindi language versions of the constitution on January 24, 1950.

India’s constitution came into effect on Republic Day, January 26, 1950. This date was chosen as it was the anniversary of Purna Swaraj Day, which was held on January 26, 1930.The constitution gave India’s citizens the power to govern themselves by choosing their own government. Dr Rajendra Prasad took oath as India’s first president at the Durbar Hall in the Government House, followed by a residential drive along a route to the Irwin Stadium, where he unfurled India’s national flag. Ever since the historic day, January 26 is celebrated with festivities and patriotic fervor across India.

Symbols

Republic Day represents the true spirit of the independent India. Military parades, displays of military equipment and the national flag are important symbols on this date. India’s national flag is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (kesaria) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio of the flag’s width to its length is two to three. A navy-blue wheel in the center of the white band represents the chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates to the white band’s width and it has 24 spokes.

Source: Sri.A S Pariharji

Some facts you may not be knowing about INDIANS |

1. 38% of doctors in America are INDIANS.

2. 12% of the scientist in America are INDIANS.

3. 28% of the IBM employees in the world are INDIANS.

4. 36% of the NASA employees are INDIANS.

5. 17% of the INTEL employees in the world are INDIANS.

6. 34% of the MICROSOFT employees are INDIANS.

7. Sanskrit is the mother language of all the European languages. WHICH MEANS SWEDISH TOO.

8. SANSKRIT is most suitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine, 1987.

9. CHESS was invented in INDIA.

10. Creator and founder of HOTMAIL is INDIAN (SABEER BHATIA).

11. Aryabhatta who was from INDIA, invented the number ZERO.

12. INDIANS invented the NUMBER SYSTEM.

13. ALGEBRA was invented in INDIA.

14. CALCULAS and TRIGNOMETRY came from INDIA.

15. The general manager of HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) is INDIAN (RAJIV GUPTA).

16. Creator of the PENTIUM CHIP(90% of the today’s Computer runs on it) is INDIAN (VINOD DAHM).

17. BHUDHYANA first calculated the value of pi (3.14), and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean theorem. he discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.

18. We have almost 5600 different newspapers and 3500 different magazines with approximately 120 million readers every day.

19. SUSHRUTA (from india) is the father of SURGERY. 2600 year ago he and health scientist of his time conducted complicated surgeries like –> artificial limbs, fractures, urinarystones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery

20. LAXMI MITTAL (steel king) is the richest man in ENGLAND. His house in England is the most expensive house in the world, more than 70 million pounds.

21. ALBERT EINSTEIN once said:- We own a lot to the INDIANS,who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific have been made.

22. INDIA has the THIRD largest army in the world with more than 105 million men……!

“This is India!

The land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle,the country of a hundred nations and a hundred tongues,of a thousand religions and two million gods, cradle of the human race, birthplace of human speech,mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of tradition, whose yesterdays bear date with the mouldering antiquities of therest of the nations – the one sole country under the sun that is endowed with an imperishable interest for alien persons, for lettered and ignorant, wise and fool, rich and poor, bond and free, the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined. Even now, after a lapse of a year, the delirium of those days in Bombay has not left me and I hope it never will.”
– Mark Twain.

I’m Proud To Be An Indian…) |

Happy republic day wishes to All my fellow Indians’

|Jai Hind |

GOOD LUCK AND WISH YOU HAPPY 2014

Bill gates never did Laxmi pooja but he is the Richest man.

Einstein never did Sarswati pooja but he was very Intelligent.

Believe in WORK Not in LUCK.

Trust in God but don’t be dependent on him.

Alexander’s last words:
Bury my body and keep my hands outside, so that the world knows “The Man who won the world had nothing in hands when he left” …

The Best “om”   is home

The Best “age” is courage

The Best “mile” is smile

The Best stand”    is understand

The Best “end”   is friend

The Best “day” is today
So enjoy to its fullest
Have a wonderful coming New year 2014 ahead.