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History of Indian Flag

Dear readers, today we are going to share the History of Indian Flag PDF for all of you. As you all know that every independent nation in the world has its flag which is a symbol of the independent country. The national flag of India was adopted during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, a few days before independence from the British on 15 August 1947.

Controversy is found in the making of the Indian national flag. According to many historians, it is believed that it was built by ‘Pingali Venkayya’. He was an Indian freedom fighter. The national flag of India is also known as Tiranga because the word “Tiranga” refers to the Indian national flag. This national flag has dark saffron colour at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom.

In the middle of the white stripe is a dark blue wheel that represents the wheel. Its design is taken from the Ashoka Chakra. The history of the Indian flag is considered to be pre-independence. The first Indian flag came into existence between 1904 and 1906 and was made by an Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda. Her name was Sister Nivedita and after some time this flag came to be known as Sister Nivedita’s flag.

History of the Indian National Flag

The Indian National Flag represents India’s long struggle for freedom. It signifies the status of India as an independent republic. The flag came into being in its present form at the meeting of the Constitutional Assembly on 22 July 1947.

Since then it has served as the National Flag of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 to 26 January 1950 and, thereafter, as the national flag of the Republic of India. The Indian National Flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya and contains three equal strips of saffron, white and green.

The history of the Indian National Flag over the years:

Indian flag in 1904-06: The history of the Indian flag dates back to the pre-independence era. It was between 1904 and 1906 that the first Indian flag came into existence. It was made by an Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda. Her name was Sister Nivedita and after some time this flag came to be known as Sister Nivedita’s flag.

This flag consisted of red and yellow colours. Red signified the freedom struggle and yellow was a symbol of victory. It had the words “Bonde Matoram” in Bengali written on it. The flag also contained a figure of ‘Vajra’, the weapon of the god ‘Indra’, and a white lotus in the middle. The ‘Vajra’ is a symbol of strength and the lotus depicts purity.

 

 

 

Indian flag in 1906: After Sister Nivedita’s flag, another flag was designed in 1906. It was a tricolour with three equal strips of blue (top), yellow (middle) and red (lower). In this flag, the blue strip had eight stars of slightly different shapes. The red strip had two symbols, one of the sun and the other of a star and a crescent.

The yellow strip had ‘Vande Mataram’ written on it in the Devnagiri script. In the same year, another version of the Indian flag was created. It was also tricolour but its colours were different. It had orange, yellow and green and came to be known as the ‘Calcutta flag’ or ‘Lotus flag’, as it had eight half-open lotuses on it.

 

 

 

Indian flag in 1907: In 1907 came Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama’s flag. The flag was collectively designed by Madam Bhikaji Cama, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar) and Shyamji Krishna Varma. The flag was unfurled by Madam Cama on 22 August 1907 at Stuttgart, Germany, and attained the status of the first Indian flag to be hoisted in a foreign land.

Indian flag in 1916: In 1916 Pingali Venkayya, a writer and a geophysicist, designed a flag to bring the whole nation together. He met Mahatma Gandhi and sought his approval. Mahatma Gandhi suggested he incorporate a charkha as a symbol of the economic regeneration of India, in the flag.

The flag had two colours and a ‘Charkha’ drawn across them but Mahatma Gandhi did not approve of it as he thought that red represented the Hindu community and green Muslims, but the other communities of India were not represented in the flag.

 

 

 

Indian Flag in 1917:The Home Rule League formed by Bal Gangadhar Tilak adopted a new flag in 1917, as at that time Dominion status was being demanded in India. The flag had the Union Jack at the top, near the hoist. The rest of the flag contained five red and four blue stripes. It had seven stars on it in the shape of the ‘Saptarishi’ constellation which is supposed to be the sacred one for Hindus.

 

 

 

Indian Flag in 1921:As Mahatma Gandhi wanted all the communities of India to be represented in the flag of the nation, a new flag was designed. This flag had three colours. At the top was white then green and at the bottom was red. White symbolised minority communities of India, green Muslims, and red represented Hindu and Sikh communities.

The ‘Charkha’ was drawn across all the bands symbolising the unification of these communities. The pattern of this flag was based on the flag of Ireland, another nation which was struggling to get its independence from Britain.

 

 

 

Indian Flag in 1931: Some people were not happy with the communal interpretation of the flag. Keeping this in view, a new flag was designed which replaced red with ochre. This colour signified the combined spirit of both religions as saffron was the colour of Hindu yogis as well as Muslim darvesh.

But the Sikh community also demanded a separate representation in the flag or the complete abandonment of religious colours. This resulted in another flag by Pingali Venkayya. This new flag had three colours. Saffron was at the top followed by white in the middle and green at the bottom.

 

 

 

Indian Flag in 1947: When India got independence, a committee headed by Rajendra Prasad was formed to select the National Flag of India. The committee decided to adopt the flag of the Indian National Congress, with suitable modifications, as the flag of independent India.

As a result, the flag of 1931 was adopted as the Indian flag but the ‘Charkha’ in the middle was replaced by ‘Chakra’ (wheel) and hence our National Flag came into being.

 

 

 

British India Flag 1858-1947:This flag was introduced by British India in 1858. The design of the flag was based on western heraldic standards and it was similar to flags of other British colonies, including Canada and Australia.

The blue banner included the Union Flag in the upper-left quadrant and a Star of India capped by the royal crown in the middle of the right half.

Some Interesting Facts about the National Flag-

• The Indian flag was hoisted on the highest mountain peak in the world, Mount Everest, on 29 May 1953.
• On 22 August 1907 in Stuttgart, Germany, Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama was the first person to hoist the Indian flag on foreign soil
• In 1984 the Indian National Flag flew into space when Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel to space.
• The flag was attached as a medallion to their space suit of Sharma.
• The National Flag hoisted at Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi, is one of the largest in India.
• It is 90 feet in length, and 60 feet in width and is hoisted on a flagpole of 207 feet.
• In Chennai in December 2014, India holds the world record for the largest human flag which was formed by 50,000 volunteers.

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