History

Mahatma Gandhi
Though India became a free nation on August 15, 1947, it declared itself a Sovereign, Democratic and
Republic state with the adoption of the Constitution on January 26, 1950.
A salute of 21 guns and the unfurling of the Indian National Flag by Dr. Rajendra Prasad heralded the historic
birth of the Indian Republic on that day. Thereafter 26 th of January was decreed a national holiday and was
recognised as the Republic Day of India.
The Constitution gave the citizens of India the power to choose their own government and paved the way for
democracy. Dr. Rajendra Prasad took oath as the first President of India at the Durbar Hall in Government
House and this was followed by the Presidential drive along a five-mile route to the Irwin Stadium, where he
unfurled the National Flag.

Know more about India

India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a kaleidoscopic variety and rich cultural
heritage. It has achieved all-round socio-economic progress during the last 67 years of its
Independence. As the 7th largest country in the world, India stands apart from the rest of Asia,
marked off as it is by mountains and the sea, which give the country a distinct geographical entity.
Bounded by the Great Himalayas in the north, it stretches southwards and at the Tropic of Cancer,
tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the
west.