#Republic Day facts

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Republic Day 2024 : 18 Must Know Facts । Important for students

Republic Day : Facts  and Various Q&A  Hey everyone! Excited to share with you an article filled with interesting Q&A about Republic Day in India. Whether you’re new to the topic or just want a quick refresher, this guide will unravel the significance of Republic Day and give you some cool insights into India’s history. Why will India’s Republic 2024 day be special? Special guest in 2024 to know…

[shreeisspecial]

Every year on January 26, India celebrates its Republic Day, a day of immense pride and historical significance. This date marks the day in 1950 when the Constitution of India came into effect, transforming India into a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic. Republic Day 2025 is a reminder of the nation's journey towards establishing a system of governance rooted in the principles of justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity.

[psychomusic]

meet doctor leptis ferrer, also known as fixer nine!

he collaborated with cipher thirteen on a few crucial missions, but his most important aspect is his research.

his backstory before becoming a fixer + some worldbuilding of his home planet under the cut!

he was born on niamos, that, at the time, was shifting from being a planet with its people inhabiting it to the Space Beach™ we know from andor. amidst this changing environment, little leptis was born.

niamos was divided into three main groups of people. the natives; the tourists, who were growing in number, but only stayed temporarily; and the offworlders who settled down and started to run mainly tourism-centered business. the niamos people, called avile, still ruled over the planet, having their own political organizations that excluded the newcomers. aviles allowed the offworlders to settle down in their certain parts of their lands only because that generated profit through taxes, but they weren't allowed to fully integrate in their society nor leave the permitted areas under any circumstances.

actually, the aviles allowed these settlements rather recently, after a series of revolts in the lower classes. in theory, their system was a democracy - in practice, only rich enough people could afford to become politicians, because there was no retribution for it. so, they decided to allow newcomers to settle in, with a tax, that would be used for the retribution of political positions. the more people started moving to niamos, the more new positions could get paid.

(quick colored sketch of a part of their territory - pardon the ugly af buildings but i hate drawing them)

when the initial wave of new politicians from the lower classes got into the system, they started turning the system into a full, direct democracy, reform by reform. most roles were assigned by casual drawing from a list of volunteers, and no one could keep their chair longer than a year in every position. but, after the initial wave of openness and inclusion, things changed.

initially, there weren't any laws on citizenship or access to politics. it wasn't explicitly said that offworlders couldn't partake in politics, so when they began taking interest in it, with political programs that addressed their needs and problems, the natives started to fear that their flourishing tourism business would change the political balance they had reached. many feared that, in the span of a few generations, the niamos would be governed by the interests of the tourist business, that attracted visitors (and their money) from many star systems.

so, they started to legislate. to be a niamos citizen, one had to be born in a family of niamos people, quite obviously. at first, children born of mixed parents weren't allowed citizenship, and weren't even really a thing. but as the offworlders areas grew larger, and more offworlders settled on niamos, some protests arose.

then, they had to change the legislation. they were a people with a strong and deeply felt culture - they decided to use it as a base to legislate further. the niamos had many rites and trials, and a complex language, called caile. one would become citizen only by successfully passing all the trials, partaking in all the rites, and fully learning the language.

the first trial was a long pilgrimage with a wooden boat (and an animal) to an island. this allowed the child (around 6-7 y.o.) to go to school, where they could learn the language. this first trial was easy for any "full" avilec child to pass, as they traveled around the various islands of their world on a daily basis. offworlders, however, were still confined into one section of a bigger island. this allowed only children who spent enough time sailing with their avilec parent to pass the test.

then, they would be allowed into a school that would teach them how to read and write. the school, though, only taught in avilec language - so, the children already had to speak caile at home, to be able to pass the tests at the end of the year. after that, it mostly got easier - one would study the niamos history, and was asked to partake in every smaller rite that tightened the community and better integrated the new members.

around 18, though, to become a legal adult, there was another trial (here, it granted access to vote and independence. then, as one got older, they'd have to pass a trial to be able to volunteer and be elected for each position - the age grew with the importance of the role, but the difficulty of the trials only decreased). it was a relatively simple trial: it was a boat pilgrimage around every island in the archipelago - something anyone could do.

but leptis failed it.

when he was around 14 years old, he went on a boat pilgrimage with his family to reach a sacred island in front of the offworlders' sector. there, a young sea monster who had lost its way attacked him. he clenched his big jaw on his body - the monster's mouth was big enough to cover his entire torso and get a good grip anyway. as his family panicked, from the shore, some tourists saw the scene and called for help, and help arrived in the form of medics on a speeder and an offworlder with a gun, who shot the beast, who immediately lost its grip on leptis.

the offworlders' hospitals, with special legislation, were open to everyone. it was the only thing the niamos paid a tax for, as they recognized that the offworlders' medicine was better than theirs for some things. they did mostly go to their old medics, but when that failed, they relied on those hospitals as well. knowing that no niamos medic could save their son, his parents allowed him to be taken away with the speeder.

in his parents' eyes, his survival was a miracle, and they accepted it without questions. instead, little leptis began wanting to know how he was saved. so he began studying medicine. he devoted himself to the subject. even as he ruined his connection to the rest of the community (he stopped partaking to the rites - he wasn't forced to go, as both his parents were aviles, and nobody thought a niamos would stop partaking in the rites, so there weren't any rules on that) he kept on studying.

when he turned 18, he had to leave his studies to complete the trial. he was doing well, as everyone always did, until he reached the spot where he was attacked. he never went back there since the incident. suddenly, he relived all of it again, and couldn't move anymore. he was paralyzed by the flashback, and trembled heavily as he realized that there was a wound the doctors hadn't healed. unable to continue, he failed the trial.

no avile had ever failed the trial, but the law seemed clear - he couldn't have access to politics, and wouldn't become an adult. he became an outcast - his peers continued their lives while he was forced out of it, forced to depend on his parents, forever. but mostly, he started to have trouble dealing with the incident like he never had. he was distressed and tense, and couldn't sleep properly. he went back to the medics, and they told him he had ptsd - and that they couldn't do much about it. that shocked him - they saved his organs from failing and stitched his broken body back together in ways that would seem impossible to comprehend, but they couldn't do nothing to heal his hurt brain?

so that became his research interest.

[charmwasjess]

Okay I'm doing this week's Mines Monday NOW because it's election week and my anxiety is crazy and I need a distraction:

Sifo & Lene

I love Lene Kostana as a character. She's fascinating to me; I change my mind about her almost weekly. I feel like I've run through every take on her from Lene critical to Lene positive and hardly scratched the surface. She's a gorgeous walking contradiction, and in that way, I think one of the more realistic and interesting characters. I think at the end of the day, her devotion to Sifo-Dyas and their partnership extending past the typical Master Padawan years into his adult life is fascinating. I haven't been able to shake the belief that Sifo-Dyas views her as a purely good, completely uncomplicated net positive in his life, and that he would argue with me vehemently over any of my "should she really have brought a teenager into that....?" takes.

I know this is looking back at evolving headcanons and older fic, but I really can't wait to do more with them, since Master and Padawan stories are my favorite thing to write.

Anyway, here's a part I wrote last year (and ended up cutting) from Five Days to Murder Sifo-Dyas - Sifo-Dyas reflecting back on his sex ed with the Arcane and Unflappable Lene:

Thinking back, really, Lene had been wonderful, even if at the time, Sifo-Dyas definitely felt like melting into the floor. 

She’d sat him down for A Talk after what he’d considered a very sly and subtle series of experimentations with an eager peer. Far from being angry or shaming though, Master Kostana had plainly explained the finer points of consent and communication. She presented him with a box of protective sheaths, gave him instructions for their use, and asked if he had any questions. 

“I think I might like men?” Sifo-Dyas had ultimately blurted out, his heart feeling very much in danger of spilling out of his mouth and shattering on the floor. 

“Good,” she’d pronounced in that crisp, unsurprised way of hers. She tapped the box with a long finger. “Make sure he wears one of these too.” 

[pirunika]

*logs into swtor w,my old ass pc after 6 years

*changes Nino's hair

*leaves

[a-crystalclearsquid]

i finished the dragon republic with tears in my eyes and starting the burning god with still said tears, not giving myself time to grieve because just like rin, i am self-destructive

anyways, fuck yin vaisra. i hope he dies the most gruesome death in the burning god

[moobrvoobl-moobmoob-oobmpoobroom]

I just find it mind-boggling that some people will reblog things like “Anakin didn’t care about Rex and his men, he wouldn’t listen to Fives just because he was friends with Palpatine” and then in the next post be gushing over Rexwalker/Rexanidala like???? so you agree. Anakin does care about Rex?

[nerdalmighty]

"I am Draiven Bosh; adventurer, explorer, collector, at your service."

Kyle Maclachlan guest stars as Draiven Bosh in "Visitor's Day" on Young Jedi Adventures

[the-casbah-way]

my friend bought me this i’m going to cry

[noturnurse]

Question time! Do you personally know any clone troopers, and if so which ones?

ask my muse questions about the relationships they have with other muses, whether it be in actual canon, or canons created among fellow muns. Squad 284 belongs to my friend @brxthersuntoinfinity

❝ I know plenty of troopers! I wouldn't be very good as a medic if i never met any of my charges now wouldn't i ? ❞

She can't help the small laugh that slips past. She's a medic, mostly tasked with taking care of the clones specifically. Asking if she personally knew any of the clones was like asking someone if the had ever seen a star.

❝ Of course, The bond i have with each clone is completely dependant on how much time i spend with them, or if they like me personally. Plus, when it comes to the front lines, the squads I'm paired up are random at best, but i have worked with many including; the 212th attack battalion, the 212th recon division, the 501st legion, the 21st nova corps, clone force 99, the 104th battalion, the 182nd legion, the 187th battalion and legion, the 101st regiment, the 327th Star Corps, the 35th Infantry, the 41st elite corps, the- ❞

She's off counting on her fingers as she goes down the mental list. Really, if you could name a clone squad, she's fixed them up at least once and if you could trust one thing it would be fhaj'ha's memory. She claims to not play favorites, but if you see her chatting up the 212th and the 501st, or hear her asking about clone force 99 or Squad 284, then maybe keep it to yourself yeah?

[eclecticfacts]

Top 10 most irreligious countries*:

🇨🇿 Czech Republic - 78.4% of the population has no religion

🇰🇵 North Korea - 71.3% of the population

🇪🇪 Estonia - 60.2% of the population

🇭🇰 Hong Kong - 54.7% of the population

🇨🇳 China - 51.8% of the population

🇳🇿 New Zealand - 48.2% of the population

🇰🇷 South Korea - 46.6% of the population

🇱🇻 Latvia - 45.3% of the population

🇳🇱 Netherlands - 44.3% of the population

🇺🇾 Uruguay - 41.5% of the population

* These are the 10 countries with the "greatest proportion of people without religion, including agnostics and atheists".

[Source: List Of Religious Populations on Wikipedia]

[webbharatnews]

आजादी के 18 साल पहले तक 26 जनवरी को मनाया जाता था स्वतंत्रता दिवस ! जानें गणतंत्र दिवस के रोचक तथ्य।

Independence Day was celebrated on 26th January till 18 years before independence! Know interesting facts about Republic Day. हम सभी जानते हैं कि 15 अगस्त 1947 को भारत स्वतंत्र हुआ, और इस दिन को स्वतंत्रता दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। लेकिन क्या आप जानते हैं कि भारत की आजादी से पहले 18 साल तक 26 जनवरी को स्वतंत्रता दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता था? इस तथ्य के पीछे का इतिहास काफी रोचक और…

[agoodflyting]

Why Aziraphale is completely ridiculous in the Bastille scene (and I love him so much for it)

A while ago I posted a comparison of Aziraphale and Crowley's costumes in the 1793 flashback in Good Omens and I wanted to add these little tidbits. (Because they haunt me.)

I feel like most people know this but IF YOU DON'T, Paris in 1793 is right in the middle of something called La Terreur.

HISTORY LESSON If you didn't learn this in school the French Revolution was when, after years of escalating social tension, a coalition representing the working classes of France revolted against the monarchy, violently overthrew King Louis XVI, and declared France to be a republic.

The new National Convention governing France ruled that King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were traitors to the people of France because of how they had spent ridiculous amounts of money on luxuries for themselves while vast numbers of the lower classes were literally starving to death. (keep the bold in mind - wealth and class disparities were one of the key causes of the whole-ass revolution)

In 1793 (year of the flashback) both the King and Queen were executed by guillotine for their crimes.

This kicks of something called The Reign of Terror (La Terreur if you want to be French about it). A multi-year-long period in which the National Convention goes on a bloody witch hunt for any and every member of the middle or upper classes who could even possibly be considered a traitor by those same standards.

If you A) had money or privilege, and B) had ever used your money or privilege to treat yourself, you were getting executed. Over 25,000 people died during the Reign of Terror, half of them by guillotine. In fact, the iconic guillotine was used because it was physically impossible to keep up with the sheer number of people they were executing in Paris every single day.

Some things that could get you killed (actually and completely seriously) during the Reign of Terror:

Implying in any way you were sympathetic to the monarchy

Having a noble title

Having expensive things

Wearing expensive, luxurious clothes (*cough* AZIRAPHALE)

helping or sympathizing with anyone who did any of the above

a working-class person saying you were mean to them once

And then there's this bitch...

I AM NOBILITY PLEASE KILL ME So we have established that Paris in 1793 is in the middle of a frenzied, state-sanctioned bloodbath in which the working classes are massacring everyone even remotely nobility-adjacent. And in the middle of this frenzy, Aziraphale proceeds to roll up in Paris in this outfit:

How will this outfit get him killed? Let me count the ways...

First off- at this point everyone with even the tiniest shred of self- preservation is hiding the fact that they are in any way associated with the monarchy. The wealthy are straight-up abandoning mansions. The middle-class are plastering over decorations to make their house look 'poor'. The only people dressed remotely decent are the guys leading the National Convention and that's just because nobody can stop them. Everyone else is in 24/7 peasant cosplay or else they are covering themselves in cockades and sashes on to show they're pro-Republic.

Aziraphale is basically a giant shiny white sign saying I AM NOBILITY PLEASE KILL ME.

First off the lace jabot and lace cuffs are both associated with the old-school wealthy in the 1790's.

His coat is also decorated in gold braid and silver buttons, which are both marks of wealth and luxury.

He basically looks like he works for Louis XIV - not just rich, but old school rich.

We know it's his natural hair color, but hair powdering (with clay and starch) had been a big trend with the rich all throughout the 18th century to get that clean white venerable look . To someone who doesn't know it's natural, it would very much look like he's wearing hair powder.

He's wearing shades of cream and white, which are very hard to keep clean and clearly states that the wearer is rich and can afford the upkeep necessary to keep an outfit like that stain-free.

He's wearing white knee-breeches and stockings, also called culottes. See above about laundry and how rich you had to be to wear white, but also working-class men wore long pants like this:

A large faction involved in the Revolution were the Sans-Culottes (no-culottes aka we wear long pants LIKE GOOD OLD WORKING MEN). Culottes are specifically associated with everything the revolution hated. That's right - Aziraphale is literally wearing The Fanciest of Fancy Pants in a city where a group called The Men Against Fancy Pants are running around murdering people.

And then there are his shoes.

Oh god his shoes

I could do a whole post about Aziraphale's blessed little white satin pumps and how ridiculous they are.

Actually I might just do that because this is getting so long and I still have to talk about the brioche.

So I can't remember if it's in the script book or if it's from Neil Gaiman's tumblr, but it's apparently canon (?) that Aziraphale was going around in that outfit asking people where he could get crepes and brioche when he was arrested.

The Affair of the Brioches

So... uh... we've all heard the line attributed to Marie Antoinette- how when she was told that her people were starving because there was no bread left in Paris, she famously said...

It's morphed into 'let them eat cake', but the line is first recorded as, "Then let them eat brioches."

While it's unlikely she ever actually said it, the important thing is that... people in 1793 would have thought she said it. It was used as political smear to show how arrogant and out of touch the monarchy was. Marie Antoinette in particular was reviled by the people of France, who thought she was the main cause of their economic problems. That's why she was executed too.

Bread and brioche and the lines between poverty and privilege were a big thing in Revolutionary France. There was a lot of political connotation to what you ate. The French Revolution came about because of decades of suffering among the lower classes of France. It wasn't something that some dudes just decided to do. The people of Paris have been through years of the absolute worst, most oppressive poverty and starvation you can imagine, all while watching the rich throw money around crazy.

So let us recap.

Aziraphale is dressed so ridiculously posh that he looks like a joke parody of a nobleman... and he is bumbling around Paris during the Reign of Terror. Asking people. For brioche. How I imagine everyone looked at him:

It is so astoundingly tone deaf and tactless. He is basically cosplaying as Marie Antoinette and then going around asking the poor for cake.

I just.... Aziraphale. babygirl. no. oh no. You're lucky they even bothered to take you to prison. I am amazed Crowley ever let him live that down.

I have no conclusion other than this. Aziraphale is ridiculous and I love him so much.

YES YOU REALLY SHOULD SIR.

[poorrichardjr]

The Banana Republic

In 1977 the Republicans in Congress forced then president Jimmy Carter to sell his families peanut farm because they feared that some entity would use it to funnel money to the president. Well, not really, but it was a justifiable concern. Carter, did the right thing and sold it because he didn't want to give even the appearance of impropriety. The country had just come off of the Nixon scandals and Ford's unsolicited pardon to "heal" the country.

In 2016, a new president decided differently. Instead of divesting in his businesses or at least putting them in a blind trust where he wouldn't have undo influence on their profits, Trump decided to hand off his businesses to his sons, but did not take himself out of the loop. In fact, it is more than speculated that a few foreign nations and local oligarchs paid Trump, his businesses, or his hotels large amounts of money to "influence" him. There were halted investigations that proved that foreign nations paid Trump in various ways to get what they wanted.

This is the sort of thing that goes on in corrupt nations, and sadly, America is just as corrupt as any Eastern European nation during the reign of Communist Russia. Tomorrow, Trump is getting back into office, but this time he isn't just content to get millions of dollars from foreign nations through his hotels, or tax funded trips to Saudi Arabia or Davos. Nope, now he has a new con, and a much better way to hide the vast amounts of money nations like China or Russia will be willing to pay him just to get what they want.

Cryptocurrency is a godsend for someone like Trump. Anyone from anywhere can buy into it, but it doesn't really exist. It's like money for nothing. Except it isn't going to be nothing. We aren't going to be able to monitor who buys this illusionary currency put out by Donald Trump, and it is absolutely guaranteed that someone in Trump's orbit is going to suggest to all those entities who have business in America exactly what they have to do to get what they want. It's just modern day bribery in the Banana Republic of America.

President's often got out of office with major debts they had to repay. That didn't happen to Trump last time, and it's absolutely guaranteed that it isn't going to happen this time. The man doesn't know anything about running the country, but he sure knows how to pull off a con, often badly. A lot of very bad things are going to happen to this country. After all, a man who's only concern is how much money he can make, doesn't have the countries interests at heart.