Republic Day is celebrated every year in India on January 26 to commemorate the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect, in the year 1950, and the country became a republic.India became independent on August 15, 1947 — but it was not a date that India had chosen for itself, rather it was thrust upon by Lord Louis Mountbatten, as it marked the second anniversary of Japan’s submission to allied powers after World War II.While India became independent from British Raj following the Indian Independence movement, it didn’t have a constitution of its own. Indian laws were based on a...Read Full Blog