Happy 63rd Republic Day (India)

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The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950.

The 26th of January was chosen to honour the memory of the declaration of independence of 1930. It is one of the three national holidays in India, and while the main parade, Republic Day Parade takes place at the Rajpath, in the national capital New Delhi, where the president views the parade, state capitals also have their state celebrations.

Although India obtained its independence on 15 August 1947, it did not yet have a permanent constitution; instead, its laws were based on the modified colonial Government of India Act 1935, and the country was a Dominion, with George VI as head of state and Earl Mountbatten as Governor General. On 28 August 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed to draft a permanent constitution, with Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar as chairman. While India's Independence Day celebrates its freedom from British Rule, the Republic Day celebrates the 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 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 each in Hindi and English) on 24 January 1950. Two days later, the Constitution of India became the law of all the Indian lands. The Constitution of India was passed on 26 November 1949, 10.18 AM IST, but it came into effect completely only on 26th January, 1950. Following elections on 21 January 1950, Rajendra Prasad was elected as the president of India. The Indian National Congress and other parties had been celebrating 26 January as a symbol of Independence, even before India actually became independent. Thus, applying the constitution on 26 January, to mark and respect 26 January and the freedom struggle and the freedom fighters.

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Happy Republic Day to all Members & Visitors from INDIA .

[Bearcat]

Happy Republic Day to all my Indian friends on the forum!!!

[Nicks]

Happy Republic Day

[FunkY]

Happy Republic Day

[Krumpelt]

सत्यमेव जयते


Happy Republic Day !

[ted]

Happy Republic Day

[BigGuy]

Happy Republic Day to all Indians on the forum!

[johnshaw1917]

Happy Republic Day from me as well!

Annie Shaw

[A Guy]

Happy Republic Day to all our Indian friends

A Guy

[Christy]

Happy republic day.

Its Demo-crazy.

The country is at crossroads, The Govt & Politicians refusing to pass a proper anti corruption law-The Lokpall Bill, which has been in the making for 46 years. People were on the streets protesting, a 74 year old sat on a fast for 288hours, to get the Govt to notice, (still non-violoent) , the Govt literally tired them out with inaction. The Govt manages to pass a weak no good bill in the lower house, which doesnt go through the upper house, hanging in a balance.

I`m just using loss from 1 scam:
The 2G Spectrum Scam -Total loss estimate by CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) : Rs. 1.76 lakh crore = Rs.1,760,000,000,000 = Rs. 1.76 trillion = $ 39.21 billion!
Using the scam value as GDP of a new country, it would make the new entrant richer than Uruguay, Bahrain and Jordan. Basically, a decently rich country!

http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/11...candals-india/

The CAG is an independent constitutional body, most people believe them rather than politicians.