A very happy 68th Republic Day to all our readers. Facts and figures aside, this is the day when our constitution was implemented in its whole form.
A Brief History
The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution on January 26, 1950, a date specially chosen to coincide with the anniversary of 'Purna Swaraj Diwas'. January 26, 1930 was marked as 'Purna Swaraj Diwas', or the day the nation would attain complete freedom from its colonisers by the Congress. When India was ultimately granted freedom by the British in 1947, but on August 15 and not January 26, the date was instead assigned to celebrating India's Republic Day. This was the day the Indian Independence Act was consequently repealed and, India was established as a democratic republic, no longer a dominion of the British Crown.
National Bravey Awards 2016
Honorable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, presented the National Bravery Awards to valiant children, men and women who showed exceptional courage in the most trying times. The awards were presented on the eve of the 120th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 23 January 2017.
PM Modi tweeted about the winners and expressed his joy over meeting such amazing bunch of fearless people. Here we have compiled a list of women and children awarded as the most brave of 2016.
Addressing the winners, Prime Minister Modi said, "Bravery is a state of mind. A healthy body helps, but the prime moving force is the mind. Therefore, we need to make the mind strong."
Keeping with the spirit of the republic day, we are hoping that we also strive to make our minds strong and overcome hurdles in our lives.