As a tribute to Netaji, Republic Day celebrations to now begin from 23 January every year

Jan. 15: The Republic Day celebrations will now begin every year from 23 January instead of 24 January to include the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Subash Chandra Bose, government sources said on Saturday. The government has already started celebrating Bose’s birth anniversary as “Parakram Divas”.

Other such days, observance of which have become a yearly affair, are August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, October 31 as National Unity Day (birth anniversary of Sardar Patel), November 15 as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas (Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary), November 26 as Constitution Day and December 26 as Veer Baal Divas (a tribute to the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh), sources added.