Today, for the first time in our long and chequered history, we find the whole of this vast land... brought together under the jurisdiction of one constitution and one union which takes over responsibility for the welfare of more than 320 million men and women who inhabit it.


In: BBC News:1950: India becomes a republic, BBC News, 26 January 2005

BBC 1950: India becomes a republic


Today, for the first time in our long and chequered history, we find the whole of this vast land... brought together under the jurisdiction of one...

Today, for the first time in our long and chequered history, we find the whole of this vast land... brought together under the jurisdiction of one...

Today, for the first time in our long and chequered history, we find the whole of this vast land... brought together under the jurisdiction of one...

Today, for the first time in our long and chequered history, we find the whole of this vast land... brought together under the jurisdiction of one...