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  2. Pingali Venkayya - Wikipedia

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    Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876/8 [1] [2] – 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter, known for designing the initial version of the Indian National Flag. [3] Apart from his role in the independence movement, Venkayya was a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot.

  3. List of Indian independence activists - Wikipedia

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    He was a writer in Hindi, an editor for Socialist Leader, and a liberation fighter. [25] Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav: A veteran freedom fighter, Shri Yadav participated in India's freedom struggle. [26] Ram Prasad Bismil: The founder of the HRA, he led the Kakori conspiracy in an attempt to raise funds for revolutionary operations. Ramesh Chandra Jha

  4. List of Indian flags - Wikipedia

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    Flag Date Use Description 2022–present: Indian Naval Ensign: The ensign consists of the Indian national flag on the upper canton, a blue octagon encasing the national emblem atop an anchor to depict steadfastness, superimposed on a shield with the Navy's motto “Sam No Varuna” (a Vedic mantra invoking the god of seas to be auspicious) in Devanagari.

  5. National symbols of India - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The Indian textile industry also played an important role in the freedom struggle of India. The merchandise of the textile industry pioneered the Industrial Revolution in India and soon England was producing cotton cloth in such great quantities that the domestic market was saturated, and the products had to be sold in foreign markets.

  7. Kanaklata Barua - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence - Wikipedia

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    Freedom struggle: It focuses on and celebrates the countless freedom fighters who had helped India achieve freedom from the British. Programs under this theme include Birsa Munda Jayanti ( Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas ), Declaration of Provisional Government of Free India by Netaji , Shaheed Diwas etc.

  9. 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]