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  2. Flag of India - Wikipedia

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    The current Indian flag was designed by Badruddin Tyabji based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress adopted by Mahatma Gandhi after making significant modifications to the design proposed by Pingali Venkayya. [3] This flag included the charkha which was replaced with the chakra in 1947 by Tyabji. [4]

  3. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Gandhi expected to discuss India's independence, while the British side focused on the Indian princes and Indian minorities rather than on a transfer of power. Lord Irwin's successor, Lord Willingdon , took a hard line against India as an independent nation, began a new campaign of controlling and subduing the nationalist movement.

  4. National symbols of India - Wikipedia

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    Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi espoused the philosophy of nonviolent resistance, played a key role in Indian Independence movement and, is regarded as the "Father of the Nation". [44] [45] Oath of allegiance: National Pledge [46] 26 January 1965 [47] It was written in Telugu by Pydimarri Venkata ...

  5. National Salt Satyagraha Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The marchers were welcomed at Saifee Villa by the owners. A prayer meeting is followed by a public address by Gandhi, who describes Dandi as having been chosen by God for the non-violent Salt Satyagraha. 21 6 April 1930, after a dip in the sea, Gandhi picks up a handful of salt and breaks the Salt Law, the other marchers do the same.

  6. Ashoka Chakra - Wikipedia

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    Ashoka Chakra was included in the middle of the national flag of India. The chakra intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Originally, the Indian flag was based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress adopted by Mahatma Gandhi after making significant modifications to the design ...

  7. Eleven vows - Wikipedia

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    In 1915 Gandhi delivered an address to the students at Madras in which he discussed these vows. It was later published as "The Need of India". [9] He would deliver a speech on the Ashram vows every Tuesday after prayers. These speeches were published as a book Mangal Prabhat [10] in 1958.

  8. History of the Indian National Congress - Wikipedia

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    The present flag of the party The flag adopted in 1931 and used by the Provisional Government of Free India during the Second World War Mahatma Gandhi with Congress activists during the Salt March. The Indian National Congress was established when 72 representatives from all over the country met at Bombay in 1885.

  9. Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha - Wikipedia

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    The major customers of KKGSS are politicians and people associated with politics. This is because Khadi symbolised self-reliance during the Indian independence movement and was worn by Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders. In the year 2007, KKGSS has sold flags worth ₹ 6 million ($150,000). [11]