On this day (26 January, 1950) 68
years ago, India officially became the ‘Democratic Republic of India’. The 308
member union signed 2 documents (One in English and Other in Hindi) and thus
the constitution came into its being. After 68 years of being a republic, the
country is in the state that we see it today. Is it what we dreamed of it of
being? Now, I am in no position to comment on that but I can do one thing.
Today I will post on my blog the developments we have made since our
constitution came into force.
Now, I will start with things that
we are familiar with because if I use every data then it will be more of a
document rather than a blog.
Some of the data are given in the
table below
Before British Invasion
|
At Independence
|
Today(2010-2017)
|
|
1. Poverty
|
Not available
|
65%
|
21.92% of total population
|
2. Literacy
|
Not available
|
12%
|
74.04% of total population
|
3. Share
in world economy
|
23.3%
|
3.8%
|
17%
|
4. Length
Of Roads
|
Not available
|
399.9 km
|
4865.4 km
|
5. Population
|
0.127 billion
|
0.359 billion
|
1.252 billion
|
We can see from the stats above we
have developed a lot since our Independence. British Invasion left us wounded
but we rose back to some of our heights. May be rise in population is not a
fact to be that about but I am still proud of my fellow countrymen for reaching
such great heights. We also see from above data that British invasion also
decreased our economy majorly trading of textile and clothing which was approx.
23 % in 1700 but was reduced to 0.04 % in 1947.
Talking about British invasion I would suggest my readers to view Shashi
Tharoor’s speech at Oxford, “Britain Does Owe Reparation to India”. The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW7S0zxv4
We are a developing nation, but I
am proud to say that what we have achieved after last 70 years of independence
is much more than what many are able to achieve in more than a century although
I agree that there are some problem that needs our attention. But as a wise man
once said “Never criticize your country when you have done nothing to develop
it “, I will satisfy myself with just praising our country.
Lastly I would congratulate every
other fellow country man a happy republic day.
For everyone else, I still wish you a happy republic day.
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