REPUBLIC DAY has been celebrated every year in India on January 26, since 1950 to honour the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect. The CONSTITUTION OF INDIA was drafted by none other than DR. B.R AMBEDKAR, who was the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee. India was a colony of the British for over 200 years and became independent from the rule of the British Raj. 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.
Though this pandemic has changed our lives in different ways, but the feeling of oneness, nationalism and solidarity remains unchanged despite the hard times. Whether offline or virtual, MVJIS leaves no stone unturned to celebrate special occasions and keep the positive spirits high always. All the staff and the students of MVJIS actively participated in the virtual celebration of Republic day, whereas the staff made their physical presence to hoist the national flag to commemorate this event. As a whole, it was a fun-filled and memorable day for the family of MVJIS.