Lahore, Jan. 27 -- INDIA MARKS ITS Republic Day on 26th of January with a claim that they honour the date on which the Constitution of India, came into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing the 1935 Government of India Act which was the governing document of India. History narrates that the Constitution was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, and came into effect on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system, completing the country's transition towards becoming an independent republic. Thus, 26 January was chosen as the Republic day because it was on this day in 1929 when Declaration of Indian Independence, was announced by the Indian National Congress as opposed to the Dominion status ruled by the then Br...