Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC
गणतंत्र
/gantantra/Roman
English meaning: Republic
Hindi Definition
(हिन्दी)गणतंत्र वह शासन प्रणाली है जिसमें सत्ता जनता और उनके निर्वाचित प्रतिनिधियों के पास होती है तथा राज्य का प्रमुख वंशानुगत राजा न होकर निर्वाचित होता है। भारत 26 जनवरी 1950 को गणतंत्र बना।
English Definition
A form of government in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives, with an elected or nominated head of state rather than a monarch. India became a Republic on 26 January 1950.
Example
“भारत 26 जनवरी 1950 को एक गणतंत्र बना।”
In English: “India became a republic on 26 January 1950.”
Synonyms
- जनगणराज्य
Literary Heritage
“बिनु भय होहिं न प्रीति जग माहीं। यह सिद्धांत जानहिं बुध नाहीं॥”
/binu bhaya hohiṃ na prīti jaga māhīṃ, yaha siddhānta jānhiṃ budha nāhīṃ/
“Without fear there is no love in this world — the wise know this principle well.”
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- Hindi
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- Devanagari
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