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India’s Republic Day, January 26 Posted by Nitya on Jan 30, 2018
This past weekend, friends and family in India enjoyed a long weekend in observance of India’s Republic Day (Bharatiya GaNatantra Divas), which is celebrated on January 26 each year. It marks the day that the Constitution of India came into effect (January 26, 1950), thus cementing India’s transition into an independent republic after it’s independence from British…
Jana Gana Mana – The National Anthem of India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 25, 2012
The national anthem is called राष्ट्रगान (Rastryagaan). जन गण मन (Jana Gana Mana) is the national anthem of India. It was written by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1911 and in the same year, it was sung for the first time by Indian National Congress (A political party). After Independence of India from British rule…