Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulates the Prime Minister of India

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the national holiday – Republic Day, the press service of the president reports.

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.

The Constitution was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, and came into effect on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system, completing the country's transition towards becoming an independent republic. 26 January was chosen as the Republic day because it was on this day in 1929 when Declaration of Indian Independence (Purna Swaraj) was proclaimed by the Indian National Congress as opposed to the Dominion status offered by British Regime.