India became a Republic exactly 60 years ago! Soldiers marching on Republic Day, in New Delhi. Republic Day is held on the 26th of January each year, to mark the day that Indian became a republic in 1950. The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950. The date 26 January was chosen to honour the memory of the declaration of independence of 1930. It is one of the three national holidays in India, and while the main parade, Republic Day Parade takes place at the Rajpath, in the national capital New Delhi, where the President views the parade, state capitals also have their state celebrations.the parade starts from the rasina hill near the rashtrapati bhavan,along the rajpath,past the gate of India and onto the red fort in the old quarters of the city. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected]. swatantrata swatantra gadhtantra diwas divas "26th January" Chabees Janvari "26 january" 1950 "india gate" "new delhi" india carnival fiesta apologize marching singh tribute delhi mumbai dilli india congress bjp bhartiya janta party jet airways kingfisher spice jet spicejet indigo airlines aviation tourism travel hotel five star 5 hyatt claridges oberoi imperial janpath connaught place parliament house kingsway democracy niit information technology jobs t3 terminal indira gandhi international airport america united states london elections polls south north block president prime minister manmohan singh army forces defence swatantrata swatantra gadhtantra diwas divas 26th January 26 january 1950 india gate new delhi marching tribute mumbai dilli congress bjp bhartiya janta party jet airways kingfisher spice spicejet indigo airlines aviation tourism travel hotel claridges oberoi imperial janpath connaught place parliament house kingsway democracy niit information technology jobs t3 terminal indira gandhi international president prime minister army forces defence