గణతంత్ర దినోత్సవం
ఒక దేశపు రాజ్యాంగ అమలు ప్రారంభమైన రోజుని ఆదేశము గణతంత్ర దేశం</i>గా ప్రకటించుకుని జరుపుకునే "జాతీయ పండుగ" దినం. భారతదేశంలో గణతంత్ర దినోత్సవము మన రాజ్యాంగం అమలులోకి వచ్చిన 1950 జనవరి 26 దినానికి గౌరవంగా జరుపు కుంటారు.ఈ రోజున బ్రిటీషు కాలంనాటి భారత ప్రభుత్వ చట్టం 1935 రద్దయి, భారతదేశం సర్వసత్తాక, సామ్యవాద, లౌకిక, ప్రజాస్వామ్య, గణతంత్ర రాజ్యంగా ఏర్పాటయింది.[1]
సి.ఎన్.అన్నాదురై
When India became a republic with its own constitution in 1950, the constitution had given special status to the Hindi language, which was to gain official status after 15 years in 1965. This move was regarded with anxiety by students in Tamil Nadu. Speaking of making Hindi as official language of India, Annadurai said "It is claimed that Hindi should be the common language because it is spoken by the majority. Why should we then claim the tiger as our national animal instead of the rat which is so much more numerous? Or the peacock as our national bird when the crow is ubiquitous?". In view of continued threat to impose Hindi, the DMK held an open-air conference against Hindi imposition at Kodambakkam, Chennai in August 1960, which Annadurai presided over. He gave black flags to leading functionaries, to be shown to the President of India during his visit to the state. Sensing an uprising, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru assured in the Parliament that English would continue to be the official language of India, as long as non-Hindi speaking people desire. DMK gave up the plan of showing black flags and Annadurai appealed to the Union Government to bring about a constitutional amendment incorporating the assurance.