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Download Solution PDFWhat is the significance of 26 January being chosen as a day to celebrate the Republic Day, aside from the adoption of the constitution?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Declaration of Purna Swaraj.
Key Points
- Significance of 26 January being chosen as a day to celebrate Republic Day, aside from the adoption of the constitution as the day Indian National Congress (INC) issued the Declaration of Indian Independence in 1930,
- The day was chosen since it was the day that the Poorna Swaraj resolution of the Congress was adopted.
- Republic Day is observed nationwide on January 26, 1950, the day the Constitution became operative.
- This day marked the beginning of India's ancient civilization, a mashup of several cultures and kingdoms.
Additional Information
- Champaran Satyagraha (April 1917):
- It was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in the Champaran district of Bihar.
- The Issue was Indigo Cultivation under the Tinkathia System ((3/20)th of total land).
- Gandhi convinced the authorities to end the system
- Demand was accepted and 25% compensation was given.
- Indian National Congress
- The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 by A.O. Hume, an Englishman, and a retired civil servant.
- Indian National Congress was established in 1885.
- The first session of INC was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskriti College in Bombay.
- It was presided over by Womesh Chandra Banerjee of Bengal and attended by 72 delegates.
- W.C. Banerjee was one of the first-ever Indian barristers and one of the foremost legal luminaries of the day, his election established a healthy precedent that the president should be chosen from a province other than the one in which the Congress was being held.
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