NEW DELHI: India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a grand parade on Kartavya Path, displaying tableaux of various states and government schemes under the theme ‘Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas’.
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Just like India’s Maiden Republic Day celebration, where Indonesia’s first president Sukarno was the chief guest, this year Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto He was the guest of honor.
However, Maine’s Republic Day parade in 1950 was held at the Irwin Amphitheater, later renamed the National Stadium.
The Irwin Amphitheater, designed by Robert Torr Russell, was built in 1933 as a gift from the Maharaja of Bhavnagar. It was renamed for the National Stadium in 1951, just before hosting the Asian Games.
On January 26, 1950, India was declared a Sovereign Democratic Republic in a solemn ceremony at the Durbar Hall of Government House, with Dr. Rajendra Prasad sworn in as the first president. The birth of the Indian Republic and the installation of its first president were announced by a 31-gun salute.
“In the most solemn ceremony, held in the brightly lit and tall domes of Durbar Hall at Government House, India was declared a Sovereign Democratic Republic at exactly 18 minutes past 10 on the morning of Thursday, January 26, 1950. Six minutes Afterwards, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was sworn in as President.”
Retired Governor General C Rajagopalachari read out the proclamation of the Republic of “India i.e. Bharat”, declaring that the nation would be a union of states comprising the provinces of the former governor, the Indian states and the provinces of the chief commissioners.
“And while the constitution has declared that India, i.e. Bharat, shall be a union of states comprising within the Union the territories which were heretofore the provinces of the governor, the Indian states and the provinces of the chief commissioners.”
The first Republic Day celebrations saw President Prasad leaving Government House in a 35-year-old coach with the capital’s new emblem of Asoka, escorted by the president’s bodyguard. The procession made its way through the Irwin Amphitheater, greeted by chants of “Jai” from the gathered masses.
President Prasad, in his historic address, emphasized the importance of the moment, stating that for the first time in the long and checkered history of India, the entire vast land was brought together under one constitution and union, responsible for the well-being of more than 320 million people. .
“Today, for the first time in our long and checkered history, we find all this vast land from Kashmir in the north to Cape Comorin in the south, from Kathiawad and Kutch in the west to Coconada and Kamrup in the east, brought together, brought together Under the jurisdiction of a constitution and a union, which assumes responsibility for the well-being of more than 320 million men and women who inhabit it.”
“The President left Government House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan) in the state at exactly 2:30 pm in a 35-year-old coach specially renovated for the occasion with the new emblem of the capital of Asoka and attracted by six Australian horses resistant, In a slow trot, escorted by the president’s bodyguard.”
The amphitheater, which seats 15,000 people, witnessed a magnificent military parade with 3,000 officers and men from all three Indian armed services and the police, along with massive bands and native contingents adding color and precision to the solemn occasion.