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When the Indian flag is displayed with non-national flags, including corporate flags and advertising banners, the rules state that if the flags are on separate staffs, the flag of India should be in the middle, or the furthest left from the viewpoint of the onlookers, or at least one flag's breadth higher than the other flags in the group.
Kanaklata Barua (22 December 1924 – 20 September 1942), also called Birangana and Shaheed (martyr), was an Indian independence activist who was shot dead by the Indian Imperial Police of the British Raj while leading a procession bearing the National Flag during the Quit India Movement of 1942.
When the Indian flag is flown on Indian territory along with other national flags, the general rule is that the Indian flag should be the starting point of all flags. When flags are placed in a straight line, the rightmost flag (leftmost to the observer facing the flag) is the Indian flag, followed by other national flags in alphabetical order.
Flag of the Indian Navy A blue-colored crest of the Indian Navy set upon a white background, with the flag of India placed in the canton. 2001–2004 Commissioning pennant of the Indian Navy 2001–2004 Flag of Admiral of the Fleet of the Indian Navy Never used. 2001–2004 Flag of Admiral of the Indian Navy 2001–2004
In India, Flag Satyagraha (Marathi: झेंडा सत्याग्रह) is a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience during the Indian independence movement that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Rule in India through the defiance of laws prohibiting the hoisting of nationalist flags and restricting ...
The first parade was held in 1950, and it has been held every year since. The cultural pageant is a symbol of a diverse but united India. [2] The parade marches from the Rashtrapati Bhavan on the Kartavya Path to India Gate and from there to Red Fort. It opens with the unfurling of the national flag by the President of India.
The flag was designed based on the swaraj flag design proposed by Pingali Venkayya. [20] [21] The tricolour flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July 1947. [19] It was unfurled by the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 15 August 1947. [22] National emblem: State Emblem of India [23] 30 December 1947 (Dominion of ...
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 ...