The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_into_force" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coming into force">comes into force</a>, forming a republic. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a> is sworn in as the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of India">President of India</a>. Observed as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic Day (India)">Republic Day</a> in India.<sup about="#mwt176" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"}}' id="cite_ref-32" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_26#cite_note-32" id="mw_Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 32;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_g">[32]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"><cite about="#mwt173" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCOQ"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141022161409/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm" id="mwCOU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Introduction to Constitution of India"</a>. Ministry of Law and Justice of India. 29 July 2008. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm" id="mwCOY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 22 October 2014<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCOc">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCOg">14 October</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt173" class="Z3988" id="mwCOk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Introduction+to+Constitution+of+India&amp;rft.pub=Ministry+of+Law+and+Justice+of+India&amp;rft.date=2008-07-29&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Findiacode.nic.in%2Fcoiweb%2Fintrod.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+26"></span></span>