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Female Indian Air Force officers rehearsing for the 66th Republic Day parade at Rajpath early morning in New Delhi. In the biting cold of a Delhi winter morning, they have to report to work at 5 am and then march out the cold foggy morning air... Republic Day celebrates the coming into force of its constitution. In India, Republic Day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into force--on 26 January 1950--replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India. The Constitution was passed in the Constituent Assembly of India on 26 November 1949 and was adopted on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system, completing the country's transition toward becoming an independent republic. To make the event in a memorable and significant way, every