History, Importance And Chief Guest of Republic Day of India

Republic day:

In India, 26 January is celebrated every year as Republic Day because it came into force on this day in 1950. The Indian Constitution replaced the 1935 Act to establish itself as the governing document of India. This day has been declared as a national holiday by the Government of India. The outline of the new Indian Constitution was prepared and approved by the Indian Constitutional Assembly and it was announced to celebrate it on 26 January every year in the joy of India becoming a republican country.

Chief Guest of Republic Day 2022:

Chief Guest of Republic Day 2021:

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would have been the chief guest on the occasion of Republic Day, but due to the new strain of Corona spreading in Britain, Boris Johnson canceled his visit to India.

Chief Guest of Republic Day 2020:

The Government of India invites a foreign leader every year on the occasion of the Republic Day parade. In the year 2020, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the chief guest of the Republic Day Parade 2020. On the occasion of the 69th Republic Day 2018, for the first time as the chief guest, the head of state of 10 ASEAN countries (Association of South East Asian Nations) will become the chief guest.

The guests included Sultan Hassan-al Bolkiah (Brunei), Hun Sen (Prime Minister of Cambodia), Joko Widodo (President of Indonesia), Thongloun Sisolith (Prime Minister of Laos), Najib Razak (Prime Minister of Malaysia), Htin Kyaw (President of Myanmar) ), Rodrigo Duterte (President of the Philippines), Halimah Yacob (President of Singapore), Prayuth Chan-ocha (Prime Minister of Thailand) and Nguyen Tan Dung (Vietnam) etc.

History of Republic Day Celebration:

India got independence from the British rule on 15th August in the year 1947. At that time there was no permanent constitution of the country. For the first time, the first draft of the Indian Constitution was presented by the Drafting Committee to the National Assembly on 4th November in the year 1947. The first draft of the Indian Constitution was signed by the National Assembly on 24 January in the year 1950 in two versions in Hindi and English.

Then the Indian Constitution came into existence on 26 January 1950 i.e. Republic Day. Since then, 26 January was started to be celebrated as Republic Day in India. On this day India was declared as Poorna Swaraj country, hence it started to be celebrated every year as the anniversary of Poorna Swaraj.

Importance of celebrating 26 January:

Republic Day is a symbol of true courage for independent India where military parade, exhibition of military goods, salute to the national flag by the President of India and various events are organized on this day. The Indian flag consists of three colors in the horizontal direction (saffron at the top, white in the middle and green at the bottom, all colors in equal proportion) and a wheel in the center (blue with 24 spokes) representing Ashoka.

Shows the lion of the capital Sarnath. India is a country where people of different culture, society, religion and language live together in harmony. Independence is a matter of great pride for India as it was achieved after years of overcoming various difficulties and obstacles.

List of Chief Guests of Indian Republic Day (from 1950 to 2022):