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                                                                  ACR 115
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          Date of Hearing:   June 7, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   ACR 115 (Wieckowski) - As Amended:  June 4, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   India's Independence Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims August 15, 2012, as India's Independence 
          Day, and urges all Californians to join in celebrating India's 
          independence.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following 
          legislative findings:

          1)One of the most important national holidays in India, India's 
            Independence Day is celebrated on August 15 of each year to 
            commemorate its independence; and California is home to the 
            largest population of Asian Indians in the United States.

          2)On August 15, 1947, at the stroke of midnight, the first Prime 
            Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, gave his famous Tryst 
            with Destiny speech proclaiming Indian's independence which 
            was celebrated by 400 million Indians; and today, India's 
            Independence Day is celebrated by a billion people living in 
            India and many people living in other parts of the world.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800