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The Indian Flag |
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Each country is identified by its country flag which features many interesting attributes. Like that Indian flag also has some interesting attributes making it unique. The present form of Indian flag was adopted on 22 July 1947 a month before India gained independence. The Indian flag is the pride of the country. The flag of India is in horizontal tricolor. There are many interesting features of Indian flag. The there are three colors in Indian flag saffron, white and green. The saffron color is on the top of the flag, white is in the middle and green is the bottom.
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On the white band of the flag there is a navy blue chakra or wheel. Each aspect of the flag indicates something. The saffron color of the flag symbolizes the courage and strength, the white represents truth and peace and green represents growth, fertility and auspiciousness. The Chakra or the wheel in the middle of the flag caries a deep symbolism. In the wheel there are 24 spokes. The 24 spokes in the Ashoka chakra represents the 24 hours. It is also called the wheel of law. The wheel shows that there is death in stagnation and life in movement.
The need for an Indian flag came in the start of the 20th century when the independence movement was on its zenith. Sister Nivedita a disciple of Swami Vivekananda came up with the first national flag in 1904. The flag then named as Sister Nivedita's flag. The flag was in red shape. The flag had a white lotus and a vajrachinha means thunderbolt. But later on many changes when India was on the verge to receive independence. Then came the tricolor flag which was unfurled in 1906.This flag was first unfurled in a protest rally in Bengal. The flag then came to be known as the Calcutta Flag. The flag had three colors orange, yellow in the middle and green at the bottom and in the yellow portion was written vande matram in devanagiri script. On 1907 another tri color was unfurled by Bhikaji Cama in 1907. the flag was interestingly unfurled in Germany. The flag was bit different from the previous one with green color on top of the flag, saffron color in the middle and and red at the bottom. A new Indian flag was adopted in 1917 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Beasant. This flag featured four green and five horizontal strips.
Then Mahatama Gandhi insisted that the Indian flag should not represent any religion. Looking into this prospect many new Indian flags were designed. The flag then featured white color on the top of the flag, green in the middle of the flag and red at the bottom. But the flag closely resembled the Irish flag. As questions were raised on the Indian flag, looking into this the Congress working committee came up with a Flag Committee of seven member in 1931. Many resolutions were made on Indian Flag and the final resolution was passed and the modern Indian flag was unfurled on 1947.
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