Republic Day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India.
A 'republic' India was result of some 200 years of struggle for freedom from the British. This period saw a number of notable personalities who stood for the Independence freedom movement. These freedom fighters incited a sense of nationalism and inspired patriotism in its true self.
Here are some top quotes about India by great personalities.
BR Ambedkar: “Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age."
Bal Gangadhar Tilak: "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it."
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose: “Freedom is not given, it is taken.”
Mahatma Gandhi: “You must be the change you want to see in the World”
Sardar Patel: "Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian."
Indira Gandhi: “Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood… will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.”
Swami Vivekananda: “Let new India arise out of peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.”
Bhagat Singh: "The sanctity of law can be maintained only so as long as it is the expression of the will of the people"
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India"
Chandra Shekhar Azad: "If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland."
Atal Behari Vajpayee: “Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.”
