Why India celebrates 26 January as Republic Day? by Guruprasad

 

very informative article explaining... why we celebrate republic day on 26th January.

As all of us would have already studied in our school textbooks, the Constitution of India came into force on 26th of January 1950 and hence we have been celebrating Republic Day on the 26th of January every year in honour of our Constitution. But why was 26th Jan 1950 chosen as the date to bring the Constitution into force?

-Why 1950 but not 1948 or 1949?
-Why 26-Jan?

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