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  2. History of the Indian National Congress - Wikipedia

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    Gandhiji dominated the Indian freedom struggle from 1919 to 1948. That is why this period is known as the Gandhian era in Indian history. During this time, Mahatma Gandhi dominated the Indian National Congress, which in turn was at the forefront of the Indian freedom struggle. Gandhi joined in 1915 and left the Indian National Congress in 1923.

  3. Bhikaiji Cama - Wikipedia

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    She unfurled one of the earliest versions of flag of independent India on August 22, 1907 and she was the first person to hoist an Indian flag in a foreign nation, at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart. [2] Like many Parsi girls of the time, Bhikhaiji attended Alexandra Girls' English Institution. [3]

  4. Indian National Congress - Wikipedia

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    Indian National Congress is the only political party in India, which has experience of running the state government of every Indian states in post-independence Indian history. From the first general election in 1952 when Jawaharlal Nehru led it to a landslide victory, the Congress won in the majority of the following state elections and paved ...

  5. Flag of India - Wikipedia

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    Gandhi first proposed a flag to the Indian National Congress in 1921. The flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya. In the centre was a traditional spinning wheel, symbolising Gandhi's goal of making Indians self-reliant by fabricating their own clothing, between a red stripe for Hindus and a green stripe for Muslims.

  6. List of Indian flags - Wikipedia

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    The Swaraj Flag, officially adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1931. In the years 1943–1945 it was the official flag of the Azad Hind Imperial Japanese puppet government for India and the Indian National Army: 1942–1945: Flag of the Indian Legion of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany

  7. Pingali Venkayya - Wikipedia

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    This flag design was used informally at Congress meetings from 1921 and served as the foundation for the Indian national flag, which was officially adopted in its final form by the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947. [2] [6] [7] Venkayya was an agriculturist, as well as an educationist who set up an educational institution in Machilipatnam ...

  8. Purna Swaraj - Wikipedia

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    The Indian National Congress, the largest Indian political party of the time, was at the head of the national debate. Congress leader and famous poet Hasrat Mohani was the first activist to demand complete independence (Poorna Swaraj) from the British in 1930 from an All-India Congress Forum.

  9. Flags of British India - Wikipedia

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    The flag for India consisted of the flag of the Indian National Congress defaced with a Union Jack in the canton. It was rejected by Nehru , as he felt that the more extremist members of Congress would see the inclusion of the Union Jack on an Indian flag as pandering to the British.