Thursday, January 26, 2012

India Celleberates 63rd Republic Day


The eve of Republic Day  the date on which the Indian Constitution  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 of India. 

The main republic day parade takes place at Rajpath before the president in the  New Delhi at the Rajpath, the anniversary is also celebrated with varying degrees of formality in state capitals and other centres across the nation.

The first woman Prime Minister of ThailandYingluck Shinawatra, who IS  the chief guest at the 63rd Republic Day parade, arrived here today.

Yingluck will attend a ceremonial reception today at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan and will later in the day lay a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi at Raj Ghat .

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