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Jan. 26, 1950 | India Becomes a Republic

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On Jan. 26, 1950, two and a half years after gaining independence from Britain, India proclaimed itself a republic, ending its status as a British dominion.


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The New York Times wrote, “Assumption of the status of a ‘sovereign democratic republic’ brings in to force the new Constitution, which abolishes untouchability and includes the most detailed document of fundamental rights of any constitution.”


Since the 18th century, the British had ruled India and surrounding areas that make up present-day Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, first as the British East India Company and later under a colonial government known as “the Raj.” Though several major independence movements throughout the history of British rule had been put down, following the end of World War I, calls for independence grew stronger. Mohandas Gandhi, a Hindu who preached a campaign of nonviolence; Gandhi’s protégée Jawaharlal Nehru; and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a Muslim who sought increased self-rule through legal and constitutional means emerged as leaders.


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