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Republic Day, an Epic card
Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of India and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January 1950.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 750,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Republic Day quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Republic Day card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The date was chosen because the ______ National Congress had proclaimed Purna Swaraj on that date in 1930.
Answer
Indian. The date was chosen because the Indian National Congress had proclaimed Purna Swaraj on that date in 1930. From the Republic Day article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of India and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January ____.
Answer
1950s. Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of India and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January 1950. From the Republic Day article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2019 Guildford Borough Council election. 2019 Guildford Borough Council election 82 · Kristin Scott Thomas 72 · Republic Day 63 · 38th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron 57 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India, thus turning the nation from a dominion into a republic, following its independence from the British Raj in 1947.
- The constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January 1950.
- The date was chosen because the Indian National Congress had proclaimed Purna Swaraj on that date in 1930.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Republic Day article was read about 750,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Republic Day
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Republic Day (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Illumination/ornamentation by Beohar Rammanohar Sinha, calligraphy by Prem Behari Narain R, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
