National Flag of India is a rectangular shaped Tricolour flag describing the glory of our nation. The national flag symbolizes the freedom and dominion status of India. India is a diverse country; national flag represents its cultural and religious harmony. The flag represents our nation and it also shows the sacrifices and the brave steps taken by our freedom fighter for making our nation independent from the British Empire. National Flag of India is commonly referred to as ‘Tiranga’.
There is a journey behind our tricolour flag; the Flag we see today has also carried some remarkable historical stories and events. From the colour to the fabric used in the Indian National flag each has its own significance. On every national festival i.e. Independence Day, Republic Day, Naval Day, Armed Forces Day and other national day’s national Flag hoisting ceremony is organized.
From the first national revolt against British rulers till 1947, National flag was designed and represented in various forms. Let’s have a look at the history behind the Indian National flag:
Middle History of Indian Flag
In April 1921 Mahatma Gandhi, in his journal, proposed the need of flag. And the concept of Spinning Wheel/Charkha in it was introduced by Lala Hans Raj to promote Charkha used for the production of khadi. Swaraj Movement was in its full swing and not only Gandhiji but every citizen of the country has highly supported the concept of Swadeshi products. After various discussions, Gandhi authorised Pengali Venkayya for designing a Flag with the Spinning Wheel on the middle of it.
In the same year, at Congress, Session Gandhi introduced his final design for the National Flag. It was comprised of Red, White and Green Colour with an image of spinning wheel on the centre of it. He described Red colour for the Hindu population living in India, Green for Muslim population and White for All other religions. But this religious description was taken as a very sensitive issue.
Later he described the colours as Red for the sacrifice made by our freedom fighters, Green colour for hope and white colour for purity.
After reading the historical journey of the Indian National Flag, we are going to provide some of the important things related to the first Indian national flag. First Indian Flag was raised by Bhikaji Cama on 22 August 1907 at the socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany. This flag was taken from the Calcutta and it was designed and introduced after the Bengal Division.
The Design proposed by Pingali Venkayya was taken as the final national flag for the whole nation. On 23 June 1947 Constituent Assembly finalised the national flag and few days before the Independence day committee recommended the Indian National Congress to adopt the flag as the national flag of India. National Flag Committee was under the supervision of Rajendra Prasad; Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sarojini Naidu, C. Rajagopalachari, K. M. Munshi and B. R. Ambedkar were the members.
On 22 July 1947, Congress finalised the Tricolour(Tiranga) as Indian National Flag, the Latest Flag adopted by the Congress is the Flag today we see, it is the improvised version of previous congress flag. Previously spinning wheel was in the centre of the flag and it was comprised of white green and red colour strip. The spinning wheel is now replaced by Ashoka Chakra adapted from the Ashoka Stambh, depicting eternal wheel of law.
Here we are going to provide you with the size, colour and design of our Indian national flag (Tiranga):
Our Indian National Flag is also called Tiranga or Tricolour, it consists of three colours Saffron, White and Green and a Spoke Wheel in the centre of the flag. Now, we are going to provide you What Tri-colour and Ashok Chakra in National flag represents:
National Flag Adoption Day
Each year on 22, July National Flag Adoption Day is celebrated. On 22 July 1947 national flag of India was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly and it is officially declared that the tricolour will be our national flag. The design was of the flag was made by Pingali Venkayya.
As in our previous discussion we have discussed the journey of our Indian national flag, it reveals that few days before the independence day under the supervision on Rajendra Prasad and other flag committee members, the national flag was finalised and the design we see today was adopted as our national flag. In the memory of our national flag, we celebrate this glorious day each year.
Importance of National Flag for Indian Citizens
A full of the patriotic statement given by the late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru is “a flag not only of freedom for ourselves but a symbol of freedom to all people.” The statement says that:
Important Facts about the National Flag of India
National Flag of India gives our national recognition in the world and it represents our cultural and religious diversity in a single flag. Now, we are going to highlight some of the interesting facts about the Indian national flag:
Ans. The name of our national flag is ‘tricolor’ or ‘Tiranga’.
Ans. There are three colors in our national flag; Saffron, White and Green.
Ans. It denotes the progressive motion of prosperity of our Nation.
Ans. Pingali Venkayya