Republic Day 2023
Republic Day 2023: The country is going to celebrate its 74th Republic Day this year. The day of 26 January is very special for every Indian.
The day signifies the power of Indian citizens to democratically choose their government. This day is important in many ways in the history of India.
This is the reason why this day is celebrated with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm all over the country.
This national festival has its own specialty, due to which people celebrate it with pomp. But do you know why Republic Day is celebrated in India only on 26 January.
If this question is also arising in your mind, then today we will tell you about the history of Republic Day and its importance-
history of republic day
Actually, Republic Day is celebrated every year on January 26, because on this day the constitution has been implemented in the whole country.
With the coming into force of the Constitution on January 26, 1950, India was declared a full-fledged republic.
This is the reason why Republic Day is celebrated every year on 26 January in memory of this special day.
After the independence of India in the year 1947, the constitution of the country was started with the aim of making it democratic.
The Constitution of India, prepared in 2 years, 11 months and 18 days, was accepted by the Constituent Assembly of the country on November 26, 1949. After this, this constitution was implemented in the whole country on January 26, 1950, the very next year.
Significance of 26 January
Why was January 26 the day chosen to implement the Constitution of India which was accepted on November 26, this question must be coming in the mind of almost every Indian.
There was also a special purpose in choosing this date to implement the constitution. In fact, on January 26, 1930, against the slavery of the British, the Congress had declared India completely independent.
In such a situation, keeping in view the importance of this date of implementation of the proposal of Purna Swaraj, the day of January 26 was chosen to implement the constitution.
With the implementation of the constitution on this day in 1950, the country was declared a full republic and since then, Republic Day is celebrated every year on 26 January.
World's largest written constitution
After the independence from the British, the need for a constitution was felt for the country. In such a situation, a Constituent Assembly was formed to make it.
This assembly started the work of making the constitution from December 9, 1946. The President of this Constituent Assembly of India was Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
While the chairman of the drafting committee of the constitution was Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. Dr. Ambedkar had played an important role in framing the Constitution of India, due to which he is also called the architect of the Constitution.
The Constitution of India is the largest written constitution in the world, which took 2 years, 11 months, 18 days to prepare.
After this, on November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly handed over the constitution of the country to the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
This is the reason why every year 26 November is celebrated as Constitution Day.
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