Republic day 2015

Republic Day in India

Republic day in India is celebrated every year with great honour on 26th of January to honour the Constitution of India as it came into force on the same day in the year 1950. It had replaced the Government of India Act, 1935 into the governing document of the India. At this day, a national holiday is declared by the Indian Government. The new Indian constitution was sketched and approved by the Indian Constituent Assembly and decided to celebrate it on 26th of January every year as India became a republic country.

What was Special on 66th Republic Day

Women armed forces of India took part for the first time in the Republic day Parade 2015 as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi were keen to Women Empowerment and Nari Shakti. Women Empowerment, Nari Shakti, Make in India Jhaki, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Jhaki by kids and Jan Dhan Yojana Jhaki were the main themes of Republic Day Parade 2015.

US President, Barack Obama was the chief guest of Republic Day celebration of India 2015 on 26thof January in New Delhi. He was accompanied by his wife (Michelle Obama) and senior official’s team of the administration. He reached to India and welcomed on 25th of January in India by the Indian PM Narendra Modi by breaking all the protocols. After that, PM Narendra Modi and US President became involved in the personal talk followed by the delegates meeting and then attended the press conference.

US President was honoured by the “Guard of Honour” (led by the Puja Thakur, a wing commander) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in evening on 25th of January. In the night he was honoured with the most excellent dinner with 200 personalities of India. He also paid tribute with flowers and folded hands to the Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, New Delhi. Successfully he attended the Indian Republic Day ceremony at Rajpath, New Delhi 2015.

His visit to the Taj Mahal (which was scheduled on 27th of January) was cancelled as it was necessary for him to go to the Saudi Arabia because of the death of King Abdullah on Friday, 23rd of January.

Republic Day Celebration

National Flag of India

As Independence Day in India is celebrated to enjoy the freedom of India from the British Rule, Republic Day in India is celebrated to commemorate the coming of its own constitution into force. Officially it is celebrated every year in the national capital of India (New Delhi) at the Rajpath in the presence of the President of India. Mini celebrations are also take place in the state capitals in the presence of the governor of the state by spreading out the National Flag of the country.

January 26 is declared as the gazetted holiday all over the country by the Government of India. It is celebrated throughout the India with great enthusiasm by the students and teachers in the schools, colleges, universities and other educational institution.

An excellent parade and salute event is held by the military team at the Rajpath in front of the India Gate in the New Delhi, India.

Chief Guest on Republic Day of India 2015

US President, Barack Obama was the chief guest on this year (2015) celebration of the Republic Day of India (26th January) in New Delhi. Barack Obama is the 1st US President who has visited India 2nd time during his tenure. He had visited India first time in the month of November in 2010. Also, He is the first US President who has been invited by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to visit India on Republic Day celebration 2015 to enhance the glory of the great occasion as a chief guest.

How Republic Day is Celebrated

Events and celebrations are organized with great effort by the Government of India already to celebrate the Republic Day in the Capital. A huge and grand military parade is held in the New Delhi at Rajpath as well as the state capitals. Participants from the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy and traditional dance group takes part in the parades.

Parade held in the New Delhi starts especially when prime minister of the India offer garland at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate. It is done to commemorate all the sacrifices of the Indian army soldiers while saving their country. The military salute is taken by the President of India during the parade in the Capital whereas military salute is taken by the state governors in the state capitals. At this special day, a foreign head of the state become chief guest of the president.

National awards (Maha Veer Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Param Veer Chakra, Veer Chakra) and bravery medals are also distributed at this day to the soldiers of armed forces, common people and students from the school. Armed forces helicopters do parade in the surrounding area of the India Gate to shower the rose petals over audience. A dance parade by singing patriotic songs is also performed by the school children. Armed Forces staff performs the motorcycle rides whereas the staff from the Indian Air Force perform fly parade through the fighter planes (making tri color of the Indian Flag by the smoke) for offering the honour salute to the president.

A range of traditional and cultural programs are performed by the professionals from different states to focus the history and culture of the country. During this grand celebration, a prime minister’s rally and Lok Tarang-National Folk Dance Festival is also held from 24th of January to the 29th of January.

All the Government and non Government offices of the nation and state including post offices, banks are closed at this day. Special security is organized at this day because of the huge crowed and prevent the common people from any problem.

History of Celebrating Republic Day

India got freedom from the British Rule on 15th of August in the year 1947. At that time, there was no any permanent constitution of the country. First time, the first draft of the Indian Constitution was presented by the drafting committee to the national assembly on 4th of November in the year 1947. The first draft of the Indian Constitution was signed by the national assembly in both version, the English and the Hindi on 24th of January in the year 1950.

Then the Constitution of India came into effect on the Republic Day means 26th of January in 1950. From then, the 26th of January was started celebrating as the Republic Day in India. At this day, India was declared as the Purna Swaraj Country thus it was started celebrating every year as the anniversary of the Purna Swaraj Day.

The Constitution of India brought the power to the Indian citizens to select their own government. The oath was taken by the Dr. Rajendra Prasad as a first president of the India at Durbar Hall in the Government House. India has big history behind celebrating the Republic day.

Importance of Celebrating 26 January

Republic Day is the symbol of true spirit for the independent India where military parades, exhibiting military equipments, salute to the national flag by the Indian president and variety of events are take place at this day. Indian national flag has horizontally tricolour (upper saffron, middle white and bottom of dark green colour divided in the equal proportion) and a wheel (navy blue colour, having 24 spokes) in the centre representing the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.

India is a country having people of different cultures, societies, religions and languages who interplay with each other harmoniously. Independence to the India is the great pride as it was obtained over years after facing a variety of obstacles and hurdles.

The day is celebrated every year to feel the Indian people very proud for living in the multi cultural and independent country. Republic Day is celebrated in very colourful and exhilarating ways in order to make memorable and significant celebration of the year. National Anthem is sing by the people participated in the celebration. This celebration brings all the Indian people together at one place and thinks at one topic.

Indian republic day chief guest list

As every year, the India would follow the great Indian culture and tradition “Atithi Devo Bhav” of welcoming the prime Minister of another country as a chief guest. This year, the Republic Day 2014, the India would heartily welcome the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, as a chief guest at the Indian Republic Day. Below is the list of all the chief guests welcomed in India at each Republic Day from the year India was declared as the Republic country till 2014:

Year	Guest Name	Country
2015	President, Barack Obama	USA
2014	Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe	Japan
2013	King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Bhutan
2012	Prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra	Thailand
2011	President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Indonesia
2010	President, Lee Myung Bak	Republic of Korea
2009	President, Nursultan Nazarbayev	Kazakhstan
2008	President, Nicolas Sarkozy	France
2007	President, Vladimir Putin	Russia
2006	King, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud	Saudi Arabia
2005	King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck	Bhutan
2004	President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva	Brazil
2003	President, Mohammed Khatami	Iran
2002	President, Cassam Uteem	Mauritius
2001	President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika	Algeria
2000	President, Olusegun Obasanjo	Nigeria
1999	King, Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev	Nepal
1998	President, Jacques Chirac	France
1997	Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday	Trinidad and Tobago
1996	President, Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil
1995	President, Nelson Mandela	South Africa
1994	Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong	Singapore
1993	Prime Minister, John Major	United Kingdom
1992	President, Mário Soares	Portugal
1991	President, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom	Maldives
1990	Prime Minister, Anerood Jugnauth	Mauritius
1989	General Secretary, Nguyen Van Linh	Vietnam
1988	President, Junius Jayewardene	Sri Lanka
1987	President, Alan Garcia	Peru
1986	Prime Minister, Andreas Papandreou	Greece
1985	President, Raúl Alfonsín	Argentina
1984	King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck	Bhutan
1983	President, Shehu Shagari	Nigeria
1982	King, Juan Carlos I	Spain
1981	President, Jose Lopez Portillo	Mexico
1980	President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing	France
1979	Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser	Australia
1978	President, Patrick Hillery	Ireland
1977	First Secretary, Edward Gierek	Poland
1976	Prime Minister, Jacques Chirac	France
1975	President, Kenneth Kaunda	Zambia
1974	President, Josip Broz Tito	Yugoslavia
	Prime Minister, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka
1973	President, Mobutu Sese Seko	Zaire
1972	Prime Minister, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	Mauritius
1971	President, Julius Nyerere	Tanzania
1970	-
1969	Prime Minister, Todor Zhivkov	Bulgaria
1968	Prime Minister, Alexei Kosygin	Soviet Union
	President, Josip Broz Tito	Yugoslavia
1967	-
1966	-
1965	Food and Agriculture Minister, Rana Abdul Hamid	Pakistan
1964	-
1963	King, Norodom Sihanouk	Cambodia
1962	-
1961	Queen, Elizabeth II	United Kingdom
1960	President, Kliment Voroshilov	Soviet Union
1959	-
1958	Marshall Ye Jianying	People’s Republic of China
1957	-
1956	-
1955	Governor General, Malik Ghulam Muhammad	Pakistan
1954	King, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck	Bhutan
1953	-
1952	-
1951	-
1950	President, Sukarno	Indonesia

Republic Day (26 January) Parade

This is the real picture of the Republic Day parade at the Rajpath by the President’s Body Guards, coming out from the President’s house, wore the winter ceremonial dress. The Bodyguard of the President of the India becomes a specially selected Indian Army from cavalry regiment, based in the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi and a senior most unit of the Indian Army. The Bodyguards of the Indian President becomes fully responsible for guiding and protecting the President of India. They become fully equipped with equipments, BTR-60 vehicles to use in any combat and ride horses.

This is the photo of Republic Day parade by displaying an Agni-ll Ballistic missile at the Rajpath. Agni-II is a great Indian ballistic missile of an intermediate-range having target capacity of around 3,500 km to 5,000 km deep to the neighboring countries. It has been developed as a most sophisticated Indian ballistic missile of its range having the circular error probable within 40 meters of range. After it, the Agni-lll Ballistic missile of India has also been developed as its successor in the month of June in 2011.

This is an excellently decorated picture of the Lion Capital at the Rajpath on the occasion of celebrating the Republic Day of India. Just in front of the Lion Capital there is made the map of India decorated with the yellow flower. In the middle of map there is made an Indian Flag of tricolor. Below the map of India there is made three circles of the flower under a big circle. How amazing look has this decorated Lion Capital.

This is the snap of the Republic Day parade by the exclusive BSF Camel Contingent of India at the Rajpath. BSF of the India become the Border Security Force of the Government of India, under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs of India, which is responsible for the guarding the international Indian borders. BSF becomes one of the specially selected Central Armed Police Forces which was established on 1st of December in 1965 to guard the international borders of India in order to maintain the peace as well as to prevent the trans border crimes. Indian BSF has the strength of around 240,000 personnel (both, men and women) divided in 186 battalions. Indian BSF is the largest border guarding forces all over the world. The first Director General of the Indian BSF was the K. F. Rustomji who had founded the BSF in India and known as the “Founding Father of the Indian BSF”.

This is an amazing shot of the Republic Day parade by the Indian Army Madras Regiment at the Rajpath. The Madras Regiment of India is considered as the oldest regiment of the army formed in India during 1750s (Madras town was founded in the year 1639). It has become an old Indian regiment went through the various campaigns of the British Indian Army and continuously as an Indian Army. Earlier during 1660s, it was developed as Madras European Regiment by the East India Company however; later during 1750s, it was developed as a battalion by the Major Stringer Lawrence. After independence, the Madras Regiment was formed which has become involved in various campaigns like humanitarian aid operations and UN peacekeeping missions.

Facts about Republic Day of India 2015

• US President, Barack Obama would be the first US President to be the chief guest on Indian Republic Day, 2015.
• US President, Barack Obama would be at the platform of Rajpath to attend the Republic Day parade.
• There is an arrangement of a bullet-proof shield car to protect him.
• American president would spend outside the bullet-proof shield car for only 45 minutes and power point presentation of the show has been given to the US officials.
• US demand for the “no fly” zone over Rajpath has been rejected by the India because it is a main attraction of show.
• Bulletproof car of the President Obama has features like 18-feet length, 8 ton weight, able to resist bombs and bullets, has night vision camera, satellite phones (having direct connection to Vice President and Pentagon) and a trained driver who can take 180 degree turn.
• High technology CCTV cameras and face recognition cameras have been installed at every entry to the capital to monitor, identify and catch criminals.

Highlights of Republic Day Celebration 2015 at India Gate

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at India gate paying tribute to the Indian freedom fighters who had sacrificed their lives at Amar Jawan Jyoti.

US President, Barak Obama with his wife at the India Gate where he warm welcomed by the PM, Narendra Modi.

US President, Barak Obama at the India gate joining the Indian Republic Day celebration of 2015 (66th) as a chief guest.

Jhaki of “Make in India” at the Rajpath, New Delhi by the Government of India. It was a new theme added to the Jhaki of Republic Day celebration 2015.

Jhaki of “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” at the Rajpath, New Delhi by the Government of India. It was also a new theme added to the Jhaki of Indian Republic Day celebration 2015.