<span style="color: #222222;">In Andhra Pradesh, Republic Day Celebrations were held at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Vijayawada in a grand manner. Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan unfurled the Tri colour and received the guard of honour. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In his address the Governor said that the Republic has been successful in uniting 1.3 billion people belonging to different faiths, languages, regions and races and also stated that our Constitution has worked as protector of rights of each and every section of the society. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Governor also spoke about the AP Governments' NAVARATNALU, welfare Schemes and on DISHA Bill. He said that the state Cabinet took a historic decision to decentralise and distribute Capital functions in the form of Executive  Capital in Visakhapatnam, Legislative Capital in Amaravathi and Judicial Capital in Kurnool.<br />''<br />''Tableaux of Government Departments were also displayed. The mega event was attended by Chief Minister,  Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Chief Secretary Neelam Sawhney, High Court Chief Justice, JK Maheshwari and other Officials. </span>