Shouldn't we Know our flag?

 

 

The first national flag is said to be hoisted on august 7 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square ( green park ) in Calcutta.

 

 The second flag is said to have been hoisted in Paris by Madam Bikhaji Cama in 1907

 

 

 Dr. Annie Besant and Lokamaniya Tilak Hoisted this flag during the Home rule Movement in 1917

 

 

 

During the session of the all India Congress Committee at Vijaywada in 1921 this flag was designed and submitted to Mahatma Gandhiji by Pingali Venkayya.

 

 

 

 

 

 The year 1931 was a landmark in the history of the flag. A resolution was passed on adopting this tricolor flag as our national flag.

 

 

 On July 22 1947, the constituent Assembly adopted this tricolor flag as Indian National Flag unanimously after Suraiya Badruddin Tyabji’s proposition of the flag with dharma chakra. Initially the chakra was designed black and was changed to blue after Gandhiji’s dislike for the former colour.