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"Towering national figure": Kharge remembers Field Marshal KM Cariappa on
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
In an 'X' post, Kharge lauded his efforts in leading the Indian forces during the 1947 Indo-Pak war and later becoming the first Indian to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949.
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British High Commission in India extends wishes on 78th Army Day
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Army Day is commemorated every year on January 15 to remember the occasion of Field Marshal KM Cariappa taking over the command of the Indian Army from British Commander-in-Chief, General Sir FRR Bucher, in 1949 and becoming the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Independent India.
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Nation stands in eternal gratitude to the army and their families: EAM S J
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General Kodandera M. Cariappa's (later who became Field Marshal ) taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Francis Roy Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of Indi
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"Sardar Patel banned RSS": Jairam Ramesh questions the ideology of RSS aft
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Ramesh underscored the burning of effigies of Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mahatma Gandhi at Ramlila Maidan days after the adoption of the Constitution of India on November 26, 1949. "Which ideology created this atmosphere, due to which Mahatma Gandhi was killed?" he aske
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ETNM holds vigil ahead of National Day of Mourning, urges global action ag
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
As the world approaches December 22, East Turkistan's National Day of Mourning, the East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) is calling on the international community to confront what it describes as China's ongoing occupation and genocide of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples
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Assam: Armed Forces Flag Day celebrated at Lok Bhavan
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
It may be noted that since 1949, December 7 has been observed as the Armed Forces Flag Day throughout the country to honour the martyrs and the men in uniform who valiantly fought and continue to fight on the borders to safeguard the country's honour.
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"Previous govts destroyed Constitution's goodness": Ram Nath Thakur
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Thakur said that when PM Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, he took an oath to bring forward someone from the lowest rung. He also thanked PM Modi for celebrating Constitution Day while following in the footsteps of DR BR Ambedkar.
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"Remember vision that laid the bedrock of India's democracy": Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 4 months ago IST
On November 26, 1949, the Indian Constituent Assembly formally adopted the Constitution, which came into effect on January 26, 1950. The day is marked by the Central government's celebration of the principles of democracy, justice, and equality.
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Preparations in full swing: Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta chairs h
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Delhi Legislative Assembly will commemorate Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) on November 26, honouring the historic adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949.
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Shram Shakti Niti draft, taking Manusmriti's inspiration, an insult to Con
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Labour policy draft says that it takes inspiration 'ancient texts' like Manusmriti. On 26 November 1949, when the Constitution was adopted in Constituent assembly, then RSS had heavily attacked it, and Ambedkar, saying that the Constitution is not of India because it does not take inspir
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ETGE marks 76 years of Chinese occupation, calls for global action against
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to the ETGE, on this day in 1949, just eleven days after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist forces launched a military assault on the independent Republic of East Turkistan.
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"My grandmother reached out to Sardar Patel...": Tipra Motha chief Pradyot
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tipra Motha chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma has said that his grandmother Kanchan Prabha Devi was instrumental in Tripura, then a princely state, becoming a part of India after Partition and it was achieved with support of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who also played a role in thwarting th
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