Old History Of Indian Flag
At attari on the border of india and pakistan the tallest indian flag in the country was recently mounted atop a 360 foot high pole.
Old history of indian flag. When i visited the gandhi memorial museum in bombay in january 1999 i found a framed picture of 6 old indian flags entitled our flag. Flag of india horizontally striped flag of saffron white and green with a 24 spoked blue chakra. It became the official flag of india on 15 august 1947.
The year 1921 saw another flag that was based on gandhiji s idea of accommodating all the indian communities on the flag. Flag of the vice admiral. Its government is a constitutional republic that represents a highly diverse population consisting of.
Flag date use description flag of the indian navy. The history of the indian flag dates back to pre independence era it was between 1904 and 1906 that the first indian. These are slightly different to the illustration in a booklet called our flag published by the publications division ministry of information and broadcasting revised edition 1989.
Flag of the commodore. The national flag of india is a rectangular flag consisting of deep saffron white and green colours with a 24 spoke wheel the ashoka chakra in navy blue at its centre. Built in the 20th century just south of the historic hub of old delhi to serve as india s administrative centre.
The indus valley was home to the largest of the four ancient urban civilizations of egypt mesopotamia india and. The flag was subsequently retained as. Indian flag in 1904 06.
Flag of the rear admiral. Flags recognizable as such were almost certainly the invention of the ancient peoples of the indian subcontinent or what is now china it is said that the founder of the zhou dynasty in china 1046 256 bce had a white flag carried before him and it is known that in 660 ce a minor prince was punished for failing to lower his standard before his superior. The history of india begins with the birth of the indus valley civilization more precisely known as harappan civilization.
With the ashoka chakra a 24 spoke wheel in navy blue at its centre it was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the constituent assembly held on 22 july 1947 and it became the official flag of the dominion of india on 15 august 1947. It had three colors white on the top representing minority communities followed by green in the middle that symbolized the muslims and red on the bottom representing the hindus and the sikhs. A red cross on a white field with the indian state emblem in yellow at the center with the indian national flag in the canton.
The history of the indian national flag over the years. Last year purnia a town in the northern state of bihar. Let s take a look at its design history and significance of various colours.
It flourished around 2 500 bc in the western part of south asia what today is pakistan and western india.
