United We Stand – Proudly Celebrating India’s Republic Day

Posted on Jan 24th, 2022

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As “We, the people of India” prepare to commemorate the day our Constitution came into effect, here are some interesting facts about the day.

Indian Republic Day Trivia

India got its independence on August 14^th, 1947. The Constitution came into legal effect only on January 26^th, 1950.

Why was January 26^th the chosen date? This was the same day in 1930 that Jawaharlal Nehru had declared the country a Purna Swaraj meaning ‘complete Independence’

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the president of the Constituent Assembly and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was the chairman of the drafting committee & the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.

Prem Behari Narain Raizada, an Indian calligrapher hand-wrote the Constitution of India in English.

en-media.thebetterindia.com/uploads/2018/01/Pre... — The man who hand-wrote the Constitution of India

It took him 6 months to write the “World’s Longest Hand Written Constitution.”

Artists from Shantiniketan, West Bengal decorated each page of the constitution

Law, nationhood and the Constitution of India as a work of art | South Asia@LSE — The Indian Constitution a work of art

Republic of Art: The Constitution as an Illustrated History of India | The Heritage Lab — Artist Nandalal Bose and his students decorated the Constitution with elaborate art

284 signatories signed The manuscript on 24th January 1950

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first to sign the Constitution as he had to leave on public duty. Subsequently, the signature of Rajendra Prasad was assigned a place at the top.

Republic Day 2021 | Some Interesting Facts About India's Handwritten Original Constitution And The Man Who Wrote It — 15 women members also signed the Indian Constitution

The ‘Constitution of India’ came into force after almost 3 years at a total expenditure of ₹6.3 crores.

Vasant Krishan Vaidya had done the Calligraphy of the Hindi version of the Original Constitution.

Indian Constitution: 26 Facts You Did Not Know About The Indian Constitution — The original constitution had two copies each written in Hindi and English, now kept in special helium-filled cases in the Parliament of India library

January 26th Parade

Every Republic Day parade has Presidents of different countries as Chief Guests.

President of Indonesia Dr. Sukarno was invited as a guest for the first Republic Day parade.

Rajpath became the permanent venue for the Republic Day parade only since 1955.

Preparations for the parade tableaux begin in July of the previous year.

The “best marching group” title is awarded after judging every participating group on 200 parameters.

The ‘Beating Retreat‘ ceremony on January 29th marks the official end of the 3 day Republic Day celebrations at Delhi.

Republic Day should be celebrated much more than just a public holiday because we live in a nation where the mind is without fear and the head is held high!