Happy Indian Republic Day!
- 56 years ago India became a totally republican unit -
Meaning of the colors of the Indian Flag:
-saffron: courage and sacrifice
-white: purity and truth
-green: prosperity
-blue: progress
The Constitution of India has been in effect since January 26, 1950, a date celebrated annually as Republic Day in India. It is one of three annual national holidays in India, the other two being the nation's Independence Day on August 15 (since 1947) and the birthday of Mohandas K Gandhi on October 2.
Labels: Life in India
posted by MasalaMom @ 4:30 AM
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1 What say? / Que me dicen? - Comments:
Funny, last week (or was it two weeks ago?), we had on the Swiss Radio a broadcast on the making of the Indian Republic! I guess the anniversary was on the mind of the maker of this broadcast!
And, I forgot to tell you, our Economic and Foreign Ministers officially visited India two weeks ago, too!
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