Top 10 Facts about Indian Flag

The national flag represents a country’s social, economic, and political values. A country’s national flag is a source of national pride. It carries the ideals on which the nation’s very base is built. The Indian National Flag is extremely important to the people of India and holds great spiritual significance for them. It is the roof under which the spirit of nationalism and patriotism thrives. It is an emblem of national pride and reflects the hopes and aspirations of its people. It is not just a piece of cloth, but a sense of dignity that drives soldiers to risk their lives just to keep it floating high in the sky. The late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described it as “not only a flag of freedom for ourselves but a sign of freedom for all citizens.” So, Here are some interesting facts about our Tiranga:

Pingali Venkayya, an Andhra Pradesh freedom fighter and farmer, designed the Indian National Flag.

The Indian flag was adopted on July 22, 1947, just two days before India’s independence from Britain on August 15, 1947.

The first Indian flag featured religious symbols and eight roses, with the words Vande Matram in the middle. It was made up of three horizontal green, yellow, and red stripes. It was unveiled on August 7, 1906, in Parsi Bagan Square in Kolkata.

Saffron represents bravery and sacrifice, while white represents fact, harmony, and purity. The green color of the flag signifies wealth, while the Ashok Chakra represents the Dharma Laws (righteousness).

The middle stripe in the center features a navy blue pattern of an Ashoka Chakra with 24 evenly spaced spokes.

The Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission owns the right to produce the flag, which it distributes to regional parties.

 

Tenzing Norgay raised the Indian national flag for the first time on Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.

The Supreme Court of India changed the flag code in 2002, granting all people the freedom to hoist the flag at any time under the flag code.Before 2002, ordinary Indian citizens were not permitted to hoist the National Flag except on Independence and Republic Days.

According to the flag code, the flag must be flown throughout the day and no other flag or symbolic representation should be flown above it.

The very first Indian to lift the flag on foreign soil was Bhikaji Rustom Cama.