After 200 years of being under the yoke of Great Britain’s colonial empire, the Constitution of India took effect Jan. 26, 1950, creating what would later become the largest democracy in the world. Since then, the South Asian country has celebrated the day as its Republic Day, marking the day it gave itself its own governing document, replacing the British-enacted Government of India Act of 1935.
So, 67 years after the adoption of our Constitution, BOOM tried to find out do Mumbai’s youths know why the country celebrates the Republic Day.
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