History of Republic Day of India

India marks its Republic Day on January 26.

India marks its Republic Day on January 26.

The celebrations will begin with President Draupadi Murmu unfurling the national flag on the recently unveiled Kartavaya Path, formerly known as Rajpath.

Republic Day commemorates the adoption of the Constitution of India on January 26, 1950.

The Constituent Assembly held its first session on December 9, 1946, and the last on November 26, 1949, and then the Constitution was adopted a year later.