Happy Republic day

Republic day in India is not just a celebration of the birth of its Constitution, but also a commemoration of the day in which we consolidated the contesting ideas of the nation, and concluded upon the values it enshrined and the path it would take towards social, political and economic objectives. Testimony to the significance attached to the date is the spectacular scale at which the historic moment in honoured with a national holiday, ceremonial parades, the 21-gun salute to the national flag and exhibits by the armed forces.

Leaders from the 10 ASEAN nations -- Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei -- will be the chief guests at Republic Day 2018.