26 Jan Happy Republic Day 2016 Whatsapp Status Messages SMS: Indians celebrate Republic day on 26th January every year. We are celebrating Republic day since 1950 as that is when the constitution of India has came into force. It is a national holiday for all Indians on Republic day. All people of India celebrate Republic day with great ease. All the schools will hold competitions and games for the students in the school. In the capital of India, Delhi a huge parade will be held at the India gate. The Air Force will play a great role on Republic day. The fly and exhibit the best jets and airplanes we have on Republic day. Our tricolor national flag will be hoisted by the Present of India in presence of all higher authorities.

There are wonderful quotes said by great people and great freedom fighters on Republic day and its importance. As an India there is a dire need for us to know and be aware of our Republic nation and its greatness before saluting our national flag. So we have collected fantastic quotes on Republic day for you. Go through them and for sure you will feel proud about our country.

“Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.” – Atal Behari Vajpayee

“Let new India arise out of peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.” – Swami Vivekananda

“Citizenship consists in the service of the country.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

“India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we can compete with other nations in space exploration and one of them will fulfil her dreams.” – Atal Behari Vajpayee

“I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in wartime. Indeed, if I may say so, if things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man was vile.” – B. R. Ambedkar

“Democracy means nothing if people are not able to work the democracy for the common good.” – Chandra Bhushan

“Freedom isn’t free. It shouldn’t be a bragging point that ‘Oh, I don’t get involved in politics,’ as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn’t insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.” – Bill Maher

“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.” – Niccolo Machiavelli

“The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.”- Elmer Davis

“Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.” – Andrew Jackson

“The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.” – Evo Morales

“A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.” – Franklin Pierce

“Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.” – Gerald R. Ford

“The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.” – Joseph Pulitzer

“The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another – no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.” – Friedrich Engels

“Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.” – Victor Hugo

“On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!” – Alexander Henry

“The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key… and bolt the door at once.” – Andrew Jackson

Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India.The Constitution was adopted by the India Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, and came into effect on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system, completing the country’s transition toward becoming an independent republic. 26 January was selected for this purpose because it was this day in 1930 when the Declaration of Indian Independence (Purna Swaraj) was proclaimed by the Indian National Congress. You can Even See for Best republic day images, republic day wallpapers from this post.