Indian republic day

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh Army delegation to take part in Indian Republic Day parade

A marching contingent of the Bangladesh army will take part in the Republic Day parade this year -- the second time foreign soldiers will be marching down Rajpath as part of India’s biggest...

The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) (ULFA-I) is suspected to be responsible for the blasts (HT File Photo)
South Asia

5 blasts in Assam on Republic Day

The worst year in the history of the Republic was 1984, which saw (among other things) the Indian Army’s storming of the Golden Temple, the assassination of Indira Gandhi, the pogrom against the Sikhs, and the Bhopal tragedy. Photo : Hindustan Times
Thoughts

The fourth crisis of the Republic of India

Jawaharlal Nehru addressing a meeting of a committee of the Constituent Assembly in New Delhi, 1949/ HT via Alamy Stock Photo
World+Biz

In Partition’s shadow, Constituent Assembly adopted secular charter