#KnowYourCountry #KnowIndia - What is Republic Day? Interesting facts about Republic Day

• The Indian Republic Day, which is celebrated on 26th January every year, commemorates the day on which the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950 by replacing the Government of India act (1935). 
• After Independence, on 29th August 1947, a resolution was moved for the appointment of a Drafting committee to draft a constitution for the newly independent India with Dr BR Ambedkar as the Chairman. The Draft committee submitted its draft to the Constituent Assembly on 4th November 1947.  
• After nearly two years of deliberations, the Constitution was adopted and came into effect on 26th January 1950. With that, India officially came to be known as the “Republic of India”.
• As the Indian Constitution incorporates a synthesis of flexibility (contemporary challenges) and rigidity (essential nature), allowing it to respond to the emerging circumstances and situations from time to time, the Indian Constitution is known as a Living Document.
• The president unfurls the flag on Rajpath in New Delhi, followed by other celebrations.
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• When the flag is unfurled on Republic Day, it is closed and tied at the top of the pole. The President unfurls it without pulling the flag up as it takes place on Independence Day. On Republic Day, the country celebrates the day when the Constitution was adopted.
• Republic Day marks the occasion when the Constitution of India came into effect on January 26, 1950. 
• The constitution was created and was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949.
• Since the India Constitution came into effect in 1950. The first Republic day parade was held 1950. It took place at the Irwin Amphitheater (now Major Dhyan Chand Stadium). Three thousand Indian military personnel and over 100 aircraft participated in the parade.
• In the initial first four years, the venues of these marches were Irwin Stadium, Red Fort, and Ramlila Grounds.
• The first parade at Rajpath was organised in 1955. Pakistan’s Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad attended the event as chief guest. It was the first of the only two times that a Pakistani leader was given the honour.

• The Beating Retreat ceremony, which takes place at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on January 29 every year, traces its origin to a tradition from the 1600s. This tradition to announce the return of the troops began when King James II ordered his troops to beat drums, lower flags and organise a parade to declare the end of a day of combat.
• The first foreign military contingent, French Army soldiers, took part in Republic day Parade in 2018.
• A salute of 21 guns and the unfurling of the Indian National flag by Dr. Rajendra Prasad heralded the historic birth of the Indian Republic on January 26, 1950.

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