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Republic At 70

India’s 1st CEC carried out a ‘great, fateful experiment’, writes Ashok Lavasa

Sukumar Sen, India’s first chief election commissioner and conducted the first general elections of Independent India in 1951-52.

Updated 594 days ago

Story of the lions that form India’s national emblem

The emblem is the graphic representation of the Lion Capital that originally graced the top of the Ashok Stambh or Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath. It has the national motto, Satyamev Jayate (truth alone triumphs), written below it.

Updated 594 days ago

The unique goals and challenges of Indian secularism

Dr Jaime Torres Bodet Director General of UNESCO Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad arriving at Parliament House for the session of the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO.

Updated 594 days ago

How Ambedkar, Constituent Assembly dealt with the caste conundrum

C Rajagopalachari (R), then governor general of India, with law minister BR Ambedkar on June 14, 1948 .

Updated 594 days ago

Safeguarding free speech from threats is important |Opinion

The Nation’s elected leaders at work on the constitution which free India should have been appearing in the picture are BR Ambedkar, Sarat Chandra Bose, Vallabhbhai Patel, BG Kher, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi and Frank Anthony

Updated 1326 days ago

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Photos

PHOTOS: Republic Day 2020 parade, tableaux and more in pics

PHOTOS: Republic Day 2020 parade, tableaux and more in pics

PHOTOS: Republic Day 2020, in pictures

PHOTOS: Republic Day 2020, in pictures

PHOTOS: Republic Day Parade rehearsals in Srinagar and Patna

PHOTOS: Republic Day Parade rehearsals in Srinagar and Patna

PHOTOS: Full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi

PHOTOS: Full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi

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France Tops As India’s Most Dependable Ally | Point Blank With Shishir Gupta

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