Good morning to all. My name is…… I read in class…. As we all know that we have gathered here on the very special occasion of our nation called as Republic Day of India. I would like to narrate a Republic Day speech in front of you. First of all I would like to say a lot of thank to my class teacheras just because of her I have got such a wonderful opportunityin my school to come on this stage and speak something about my beloved country on its great occasion of Republic day. India is a self-governing country since 15thof August 1947. India got independence from the British rule on 15thof Augustin 1947 which we celebrate as Independence Day, However, on 26thof January since 1950 we celebrate as Republic Day. The Constitution of India came into force on 26thof January in 1950, so we celebrate this day as the Republic Day every year. This year in 2016, we are celebrating 67threpublic day of India. Republic means the supreme power of the people living in the country and only public has rights to elect their representatives as political leader to lead the country in right direction. So, India is a Republic country where public elects its leaders as a president, prime minister, etc. Our Great Indianfreedom fighters have struggled a lot to the “Purna Swaraj” in India. They did so that their future generations may live without struggle and led country ahead. The name of our great Indian leaders and freedom fighters are Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekher Ajad, Lala Lajpath Rai, Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel, Lal bahadur Shastri, etc. They fought continuously against the British rule to make India a free country. We can never forget their sacrifices towards our country. We should remember them on such great occasions and salute them. It has become possiblejust because of them that we can think from our own mind and live freely in our nation without anyone’s force.Our first Indian President was Dr. Rajendra Prasad who said that, “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 inhabit it”. How shame to say that still we are fighting with crime, corruption and violence (in the form of terrorist, rape, theft, riots, strikes, etc) in our country. Again, there is a need to get together to save our country fromsuch slavery as it is pulling our nation back from going to its main stream of development and progress. We should be aware of our social issues likePoverty, unemployment, illiteracy, global warming, inequality, etc in order to solve them to go ahead.Dr. Abdul Kalam has said that “If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal
members who can make a difference. They are the Father, the Mother and the Teacher”. As a citizen of
the country we should think seriously about it and do all possible efforts to lead our nation. Thanks, Jai
