History of Indian Flag

1. History of Indian Flag Email Courtesy: Dr. M J Kapadia

2. History of Indian Flag-1 • The flag that was first hoisted on August 7, 1906, at the Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta.

3. History of Indian Flag-2 • Called the 'Saptarishi Flag', this was hoisted in Stuttgart at the International Socialist Congress held on August 22, 1907.

4. History of Indian Flag-3 • Associated with the names of Dr. Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak, this flag was hoisted at the Congress session in Calcutta during the 'Home Rule Movement'.

5. History of Indian Flag-4 • In the year 1921, a young man from Andhra presented this flag to Gandhiji for approval. It was only after Gandhiji's suggestion that the white strip and the charkha were added.

6. History of Indian Flag-5 • This flag was suggested during the All India Congress Committee session in 1931. However, the Committee's suggestion was not approved.

7. History of Indian Flag-6 • On August 6, 1931, the Indian National Congress formally adopted this flag, which was first hoisted on August 31.

8. History of Indian Flag-7 • Our National Flag, which was born on July 22, 1947, with Nehruji's words, 'Now I present to you not only the Resolution, but the Flag itself'. This flag was first hoisted at the Council Houseon August 15, 1947.

9. History of Indian Flag-8 • The man who designed Tiranga versatile genius Lt. Shri Pingali Venkayya. India's flag is a tricolor standard, with bands of saffron, white, and dark green. The saffron represents courage, sacrifice, patriotism, and renunciation. It is also the color of the Hindu people. The green stands for faith, fertility and the land; it is the color of the Islam religion. The white is in the center, symbolizing the hope for unity and peace. In the center of the white band is a blue wheel with 24 spokes. This is the Ashoka Chakra (or 'Wheel of Law'). The Chakra represents the continuing progress of the nation and the importance of justice in life. It also appears on the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka ' .

10. वन्दे मातरम्सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम्शस्यशामलां मातरम् ।शुभ्रज्योत्स्नापुलकितयामिनींफुल्लकुसुमितद्रुमदलशोभिनींसुहासिनीं सुमधुर भाषिणींसुखदां वरदां मातरम् ।। १ ।। वन्दे मातरम् । कोटि-कोटि-कण्ठ-कल-कल-निनाद-करालेकोटि-कोटि-भुजैर्धृत-खरकरवाले,अबला केन मा एत बले ।बहुबलधारिणीं नमामि तारिणींरिपुदलवारिणीं मातरम् ।। २ ।। वन्दे मातरम् । तुमि विद्या, तुमि धर्मतुमि हृदि, तुमि मर्मत्वं हि प्राणा: शरीरेबाहुते तुमि मा शक्ति,हृदये तुमि मा भक्ति,तोमारई प्रतिमा गडिमन्दिरे-मन्दिरे मातरम् ।। ३ ।। वन्दे मातरम् । त्वं हि दुर्गा दशप्रहरणधारिणीकमला कमलदलविहारिणीवाणी विद्यादायिनी, नमामि त्वाम्नमामि कमलां अमलां अतुलांसुजलां सुफलां मातरम् ।। ४ ।। वन्दे मातरम् । श्यामलां सरलां सुस्मितां भूषितांधरणीं भरणीं मातरम् ।। ५ ।। वन्दे मातरम् ।। Mother, I bow to thee!Rich with thy hurrying streams,bright with orchard gleams,Cool with thy winds of delight,Dark fields waving Mother of might,Mother free.Glory of moonlight dreams,Over thy branches and lordly streams,Clad in thy blossoming trees,Mother, giver of easeLaughing low and sweet!Mother I kiss thy feet,Speaker sweet and low!Mother, to thee I bow.Who hath said thou art weak in thy landsWhen the sword flesh out in the seventy million handsAnd seventy million voices roarThy dreadful name from shore to shore?With many strengths who art mighty and stored,To thee I call Mother and Lord!Though who savest, arise and save!To her I cry who ever her foeman droveBack from plain and SeaAnd shook herself free.Thou art wisdom, thou art law,Thou art heart, our soul, our breathThough art love divine, the aweIn our hearts that conquers death.Thine the strength that nervs the arm,Thine the beauty, thine the charm.Every image made divineIn our temples is but thine.Thou art Durga, Lady and Queen,With her hands that strike and herswords of sheen,Thou art Lakshmi lotus-throned,And the Muse a hundred-toned,Pure and perfect without peer,Mother lend thine ear,Rich with thy hurrying streams,Bright with thy orchard gleems,Dark of hue O candid-fairIn thy soul, with jewelled hairAnd thy glorious smile divine,Lovilest of all earthly lands,Showering wealth from well-stored hands!Mother, mother mine!Mother sweet, I bow to thee,Mother great and free! E mail Coursey: Ashok Bhavasar & Akhil TV

11. Let us serve our nation with all sincerity and devotion