Earlier, the ceremony used to end with the Christian hymn 'Abide With Me', said to be a favourite of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and written by a Scottish Anglican preacher named Henry Francis Lyte.
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh chose to unfurl the flag adopted by the INC in 1931 instead of India's national flag causing disrespect to a national symbol
MP minister Imarti Devi, who failed to read her Republic Day speech, in her election affidavit claims that she has passed 12th From Govt. Higher Secondary School of Bhind, Madhya Pradesh in 2000.