Summary Republic Day commemorates the day India's Constitution came into effect in 1950.
Kashmiris across the world are observing India’s Day of Republic as black day, Dunya News reported on Saturday.
The Huryat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani called on the Kashmiries to observe a shutter down strike in the valley on the 64th Republic Day of India to apprise the world of their demands.Security was tight Saturday in Kashmir and in the insurgency-wracked remote northeast.
Official observances were held in Kashmir despite a near-total shutdown caused by the general strike. However, In the northeast, people ignored another call for a general strike made by six insurgent groups.
Republic Day commemorates the day India's Constitution came into effect in 1950. Celebrations usually include military parades and displays of weaponry, cultural pageants and dances. In New Delhi, thousands of police and paramilitary personnel guarded a massive parade to the city's Red Fort.
