Throwback to the moment when India became a republic in 1950, and its first Republic Day in 1951.🇮🇳
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00:00India, that is Bharat, shall be a sovereign, democratic republic.
00:05Jaisalmer Camel Corps was a picturesque item in the big parade,
00:08and in addition to the armed forces, there was pageantry illustrating scenes from India's ancient history.
00:15Yes, Republic Day in New Delhi was certainly impressive.
00:21The day India became a republic within the Commonwealth was certainly historic.
00:26Beneath portraits of Gandhi and Mr. Nehru, the High Commissioner, Mr. Krishna Menon, read the proclamation at India House.
00:33India, that is Bharat, shall be a sovereign, democratic republic.
00:39The High Commissioner then made and signed a solemn declaration of his allegiance to the new republic and addressed the gathering.
00:45Two and a half years ago, the British Empire passed power into the hands of the Indian people.
00:53We became an independent country, and today, by the proclamation of our constitution,
00:59made by our own people in the exercise of the wisdom and the determination and the collective responsibility,
01:05we have set the formal seal to the inauguration of that freedom in the form of a constitution.
01:11Later, at the reception, he welcomed the many guests who included Lady Mountbatten.
01:17Mr. and Mrs. Attlee were there, and Mr. Anthony Eden.
01:23The occasion was undoubtedly a happy augury for future relations between the British and Indian peoples.
01:28To mark the first anniversary of India's Republic Day, the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, arrived in state at Kingsway, New Delhi.
01:36He was greeted by Sardar Baldev Singh, Defence Minister, and also by the Naval and Air Force C&Cs, who are British.
01:43The march passed by token units of India's fighting services was very smart indeed.
01:48There was ample evidence that tradition was being fully maintained.
01:52Representatives from India's most famous regiments were on parade, many of them veterans of World War II.
01:58Just returned from the Commonwealth Conference in London, where he strongly urged policies of negotiation,
02:15Mr. Nehru, the Prime Minister, now took stock of his country's military strength as troops, artillery, and armour went by.
02:28The Jaisalmer Camel Corps was a picturesque item in the big parade, and in addition to the armed forces, there was pageantry illustrating scenes from India's ancient history.
02:48Yes, Republic Day in New Delhi was certainly impressive.
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