Republic Day 2025: A Look Back at India’s First Republic Day Celebrations
Virasat aur Vikas” (Golden India: Heritage and Progress), focuses on 75 years since the enactment of the Constitution. Interestingly, India’s first Republic Day celebration in 1950 did not take place on Rajpath (now Kartavya Path). Rather, the historic event took place in the Irwin Amphitheatre, which has since been rebuilt to form the National Stadium.