our Flag

It’s amazing how the our tricolor flag  has made it's way onto everything these days !

Timeline of the Indian National Flag: Then v/s now

1. Indian National Flag (1906): The first National Flag of India was hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta (now Kolkata).

Here's what the flag looked like back in 1906.

2: Indian National Flag (1907): The second flag was hoisted by Bhikaji Cama in Paris and was later exhibited in Berlin at a socialist conference.

This was very similar to the first flag, except that the top strip had only one lotus and seven stars denoting the Saptarishi.

Here's what the Indian flag looked like in 1907.

3: Indian National Flag (1917): This flag was hoisted by Dr Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak during the Home Rule movement and was the third flag modified in a row.

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This flag had five red and four green horizontal strips arranged alternately, with seven stars in the saptarishi super-imposed on them.

Here's how the third Indian National Flag looked like in 1917.

4: Indian National Flag (1921): During the session of the All India Congress Committee which met at Bezwada in 1921, a young man from Andhra presented this flag to Gandhiji.

It was only after his suggestion that the white strip and Charkha was added.

It was made up of two colours -- red and green -- representing the two major communities i.e., Hindus and Muslims.

Here's how the fourth modified version of the tirangaa looked like in 1921.

5: Indian National Flag (1931): A resolution was passed in 1931 to adopt a tricolour flag as our national flag which became the landmark in Indian History.

The Indian National Congress (INC) formally adopted this flag, which was first hoisted on August 31.

What India's flag looked like after the fifth modification in 1931.

6: Indian National Flag (1947 to now): This flag which was born on July 22, 1947 was first hoisted at the Council House on August 15, 1947.

Since then, we have this tricolour as the representation of India all over the world.

The national flag of India is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (kesari) colour at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportions. We all know what these three colours signify!

What our Indian National Flag has looked like ever since independence.

Though the Indian National Flag had gone through a lot of changes in the past, the aforementioned six changes were the major landmarks in its history.

Now feel prouder and sing 'Vijayi Vishwa Tirangaa Pyaara! Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara' this coming Independence Day!

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