Hello friends, First of all HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY to all of you. Today we are celebrating our 67th Republic Day. But have you ever wondered that even we got independence on 15th August 1947, but for what then we waited for to declare it republic on 26 January 1950. So today I will be telling you about this.
This will be surprising but there was this time, when our leaders main aim was not complete independence from British. Our leaders were mainly in favor of Dominion status, in which the Monarch of the United Kingdom would still be the Constitutional head of India.
Around 1927, Bhagat Singh, along with the Hindustan Republican Association, was gaining prominence in the Indian political scenario. Unlike the congress, Bhagat Singh & his company had proposed the idea of complete independence. This influenced the young leaders of the Indian National Congress like Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawahar Lal Nehru. They wanted Congress also, to demand complete independence as well, but there was no such action taken.
In December of 1928, the Indian National Congress passed a resolution demanding Dominion Status, and gave the British government one year’s time. The British rejected the idea, saying that India was not ready for home rule or dominion status. This angered the Congress. And during its session of December 1929, held in Lahore, a young Nehru was elected as President, and the Congress finally voted for Purna Swaraj and opposed to a dominion status for India.
Then at last, a resolution was passed fixing the last Sunday of the January to be celebrated as Independence Day which was a coincidence that it was 26 January at that Sunday. On that day, Jawahar Lal Nehru hoisted the flag on the bank of Ravi in Lahore. But after that too, Britishers were still around. Until the day when we got the complete independence on 15 August 1947. Our Constituent Assembly was already formed in 1946. And our Constitution was ready by 26 November 1949. Then our leaders decided to wait for two months more to officially enforce it on 26 January 1950.
And that’s how 26 January 1950 is to be celebrated as REPUBLIC DAY…..
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