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India has expressed its gratitude to the Washington State Senate and all the Senators for passing a resolution welcoming India’s 75th Republic Day, on January 26th. Washington State Senate passed a Resolution welcoming India’s 75th Republic Day.
“The Washington State Senate honor the 2024 Republic Day of India as a symbol of the shared values of democracy, diversity and inclusion between the nation of India and both the State of Washington and the United States of America,” read the resolution passed by the Washington State Senate.
“January 26, 2024, marks the 75th Republic Day in India, commemorating the effective adoption of the Constitution of the world’s largest democracy… India solidifies their achievement of independence from British rule, through peaceful and non-violent resistance,” the resolution read. “India has a strong tradition of maintaining democratic ideal through robust checks on those in power. Washington state has many cultural and economic ties to India, including more than 100,000 Indian Americans living in the state,” the resolution read.
The resolution acknowledged that Washington state has many cultural and economic ties to India, including more than 1,00,000 Indian Americans living in the state.
