Smiling Buddha, formally designated as Pokhran-I, was the codename given to the Republic of India's first nuclear test explosion that took place at the long-constructed Indian Army base, Pokhran Test Range at Pokhran municipality, Rajasthan state on 18 May 1974 at 8: 05 a. m. ( IST ).

Tatra's growing involvement in India's defense industry is often cited as an example of growing relations between Czech Republic and India.

In the aftermath of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the formation of military ties between the Chinese People's Republic and Pakistan, Shastri's government decided to expand the defence budget of India's armed forces.

packets of essential medicine was delivered to the Heath Ministry of ST & P as a goodwill gesture In turn, the Republic of São Tomé and Principe has announced its support for India to be awarded a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and is the 47th country of Africa to join the Government of India's Pan-African e-Network Project.

In 1950 ( after India's independence ), the song's first two verses were given the official status of the " national song " of the Republic of India, distinct from the national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana.

On Republic Day 1955, Rajaji was honoured with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

Bharat Ratna ( Jewel of India or Gem of India in English ) is the Republic of India's highest civilian award, for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour.

Following India's assumption of a republican status, it was agreed by Commonwealth leaders that being a Republic was not incompatible with membership, but that a Commonwealth Realm would have to reapply for Commonwealth membership if it became a Republic.

The statue was unveiled on 26 January 1961 on the occasion of India's Republic Day.

Rajpath itself is the road used on 26 January each year for India's Republic Day Parade.

The Palace on Wheels was started on January 26, India's Republic Day, in 1982.

The 2001 Gujarat earthquake occurred on January 26, 2001, India's 52 Republic Day, at 08: 46 AM local time ( 3: 16 UTC ) and lasted for over two minutes.

The Portuguese-Indian War was a conflict with the Republic of India's armed forces that ended Portuguese rule in its Indian enclaves in 1961.

The situation continued after India's independence but underwent a decisive change in 1950 when Tibet lost its de facto independence and was incorporated into the newly-established People's Republic of China.

It was originally formed as part of the British Indian Army in 1815, later adopting the title of the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles ( The Malaun Regiment ), however, in 1947, following India's independence in 1947, it was transferred to the Indian Army and in 1950 when India became a Republic, it was redesignated as the 1 Gorkha Rifles ( The Malaun Regiment ).

It is a joint venture between Republic of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) and Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

In 2006, on India's Republic Day, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award in the 2008 Republic Day honours list.

Narasimha Rao was the twelfth Prime Minister of the Republic of India and head of Congress Party, and led one of the most important administrations in India's modern history overseeing a major economic transformation and several incidents affecting national security.

The Republic of India's first national flag was woven here ( vengatesa perumal koil street ).

While India's Independence Day celebrates its freedom from British Rule, the Republic Day celebrates the coming into force of its constitution.

* 1925 – Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.

The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus () is the executive branch of state power in Belarus, and it is appointed by the President of Belarus.

Other significant state owned newspapers are the daily Respublika ( The Republic ), published by the Cabinet of Ministers, and the weeklies Sem ’ Dnei ( Seven Days ) and Narodnaya Gazeta ( The People ’ s Paper ).

The Republic of Belarus has conducted effective military reforms within the last decade which have reshaped its armed forces as a relatively effective force for a small state in somewhat difficult economic conditions.

According to Article 89 of the constitution, the Council of the Republic has authority to make declarations of federal intervention, a state of emergency, and a state of siege ( all security-related issues ).

An attempt by the French government to incorporate the independent Breton-language immersion schools ( called Diwan ) into the state education system was blocked by the French Constitutional Council on the grounds that, as the 1992 amendment to the Constitution of the 5th Republic states that French is the language of the Republic, no other language may be used as a language of instruction in state schools.

His official report back to the Cabinet categorically stated that the Zionists did not want " to set up a Jewish Republic or any other form of state in Palestine or in any part of Palestine ".

After a communist uprising took control over Bavaria in the years following World War I, the state government fled to Bamberg and stayed there for almost two years before the Bavarian capital of Munich was retaken by Freikorps units ( see Bavarian Soviet Republic ).

A new constitution in January 1976 established Democratic Kampuchea as a Communist People's Republic, and a 250-member Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Kampuchea ( PRA ) was selected in March to choose the collective leadership of a State Presidium, the chairman of which became the head of state.

On January 10, 1979, after the Vietnamese army and the KUFNS invaded Cambodia, the new People's Republic of Kampuchea ( PRK ) was established with Heng Samrin as head of state.

* List of heads of state of the Central African Republic

Politics of the Central African Republic takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both head of state and head of government, with a separate executive Prime Minister.

Costa Rica became a state in the Federal Republic of Central America.

The President of the Republic () is the head of state and the commander in chief of the Croatian armed forces and is directly elected to serve a five-year term.

The President of the Republic () is the head of state ; he or she is directly elected and serves a five-year term.

Relations between the Republic of Vanuatu and Cuba began shortly after the former gained its independence from France and the United Kingdom in 1980, and began establishing its own foreign policy as a newly independent state.

Politics of the Republic of Cyprus takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Cyprus is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

In 1983, the Turkish Cypriots declared an independent state called the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC ), an action opposed by the United Nations Security Council.

Following the abandonment of Legalism in China after the Qin Dynasty, Confucianism became the official state ideology of China, until it was replaced by the " Three Principles of the People " ideology with the establishment of the Republic of China, and then Maoist Communism after the ROC was replaced by the People's Republic of China in Mainland China.

According to the Constitution of the Czech Republic, the President is the head of state while the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising supreme executive power.