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Evolution of the Indian Flag The Legendary
The Indian National Flag represents the hopes and Freedom Fighter
aspirations of the people of India. Before we adopted our
National Flag in its present form, it went through different
phases of evolution as did the fight for our Independence. U Tirot Sing
In 1906, a flag of
India was hoisted
for the first time
in the Parsee
Bagan Square in
Kolkata
(Calcutta).

In 1907, a similar
flag with slight
modifications was
raised by Madam
Bhikaji Cama in
Paris in Berlin at a
socialist conference.

In 1917, Annie
Besant and Bal Former Union Public Service
Gangadhar Tilak
hoisted another Commission (UPSC) chairman,
flag that signified Prof David Syiemlieh has hailed
autonomous rule
for Indians within Prime Minister Narendra Modi
the Colonial
Empire. for recalling the contributions
of Meghalaya's freedom fighter
In 1921, Pingali
Venkayya presented during his recent ‘Mann ki Baat’
a design of the flag address. He said that U Tirot Sing's
to Gandhi. The flag story and his struggle against
consisted of three
stripes and a the British deserves to be known
spinning wheel in across the country, and the Prime
the center.
Minister's mention of the freedom
Finally, in July 1947, Pingali Vekayya's flag was formally fighter is a significant step in this
adopted as the flag of free India, with some modifications.
The saffron was for courage, white for peace and green for direction. He further added that U
fertility and growth. The navy blue wheel in the centre Tirot Sing has left a legacy which
represents the Dharma Chakra symbolizing truth and life. continues to have an influence
This came to be called the Tiranga.
even today. The former UPSC
chairman said that the North
East region as a whole has made
enormous contributions towards
India's freedom struggle.
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