What is the significance of 26 January being chosen as a day to celebrate the Republic Day, aside from the adoption of the constitution?

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The correct answer is Declaration of Purna Swaraj.

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Significance of 26 January being chosen as a day to celebrate Republic Day, aside from the adoption of the constitution as the day Indian National Congress (INC) issued the Declaration of Indian Independence in 1930,
The day was chosen since it was the day that the Poorna Swaraj resolution of the Congress was adopted.
Republic Day is observed nationwide on January 26, 1950, the day the Constitution became operative.
This day marked the beginning of India's ancient civilization, a mashup of several cultures and kingdoms.

Additional Information

Champaran Satyagraha (April 1917):
- It was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in the Champaran district of Bihar.
- The Issue was Indigo Cultivation under the Tinkathia System ((3/20)th of total land).
- Gandhi convinced the authorities to end the system
- Demand was accepted and 25% compensation was given.
Indian National Congress
- The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 by A.O. Hume, an Englishman, and a retired civil servant.
- Indian National Congress was established in 1885.
- The first session of INC was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskriti College in Bombay.
- It was presided over by Womesh Chandra Banerjee of Bengal and attended by 72 delegates.
- W.C. Banerjee was one of the first-ever Indian barristers and one of the foremost legal luminaries of the day, his election established a healthy precedent that the president should be chosen from a province other than the one in which the Congress was being held.