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National Flag Day: How the Tricolour evolved and who designed it
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By CNBCTV18.com | Jul 22, 2022, 07:51 AM IST (Updated)
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Read all about the tiranga's 'colourful' back story as India celebrates National Flag Day today.
National Flag Day: How the Tricolour evolved and who designed it
Every year, India celebrates the National Flag Day on July 22 as it was on this day that the tricolour was adopted in its present form in 1947 as India’s national flag.
When the members of the Indian Constituent Assembly met in the Constitution Hall in Delhi on July 22, 1947, the first thing they discussed was reportedly a motion by Jawaharlal Nehru to adopt the national flag for free India.
At the meeting, it was proposed that the Indian national flag be a “horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (kesari), white and dark green in equal proportion.” The white band would have a navy blue wheel (charkha).
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The finer nuances were subsequently discussed at the meeting and the Indian national flag was hoisted by the first PM of India Jawaharlal Nehru on August 16, 1947, at the Red Fort.
As per the government, the prescribed ratio of the width of the flag to its length should be two to three. The diameter of the wheel should be approximate to the width of the white band and it should have 24 spokes.
History of the flag
Sister Nivedita, the Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda, is said to have designed an Indian flag in 1904, which is deemed to be the first national flag of India. This flag had two colours yellow and red and contained the symbol of vajra (thunderbolt) and a white lotus in the centre. The words ‘Vande Mataram,’ was written in Bengali on it.
Another flag was designed in 1906 using three colours — blue, yellow and red, which had two symbols, the sun and the star. This flag also had ‘Vande Mataram’ written on it.
The same year, another version of the same flag was seen in orange, yellow and green. This flag came to be known as the ‘Lotus flag’ or ‘Calcutta flag.’
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In 1907, Madame Cama and her group of exiled revolutionaries hoisted the Indian flag in Germany. Dr Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak adopted another flag in 1917 as part of the Home Rule Movement.
The design of the Indian national flag is largely attributed to the Indian freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya. Venkayya is said to have first met Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa during the second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). He was then part of the British Indian Army.
Venkayya researched about the design of the flag for many years and even published a book with possible designs in 1916.
When he met Gandhi at the All India Congress Committee in Bezwada in 1921, Venkayya proposed a basic design of the flag. Several changes were made to the design till 1931, when the Congress Committee adopted the tricolour as India’s national flag in Karachi.
What does the flag signify?
The saffron colour in the flag stands for strength and courage, while the white with the Dharma Chakra implies peace and truth. The green symbolises fertility, growth and auspiciousness.
On January 26, 2002, the government modified the Indian flag code, allowing citizens of India to hoist it over their homes, offices and factories on any day.
(Edited by : Shoma Bhattacharjee)
First Published: Jul 22, 2022, 07:50 AM IST
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Happy birthday Devendra Fadnavis, political powerhouse and one-time model — 10 lesser-known facts
By CNBCTV18.com | Jul 22, 2022, 07:42 AM IST (Published)
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Devendra Fadnavis has emerged as BJP's trump card in Maharashtra politics. Hailing from Nagpur, Fadnavis served as the 18th chief minister of the state from 2014 to 2019 and was the first BJP CM of the state. He turns 52 today.
According to a popular anecdote, in 2019 when the Shiv Sena decided not to form the government with the BJP in Maharashtra, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar reached out to Prime Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi and offered the party’s support in the state. However, Pawar had insisted that PM Modi keep one BJP leader out of the picture in Maharashtra — Devendra Fadnavis. PM Modi politely refused.
When Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde recently brought the Uddhav Thackeray-led post-poll alliance between Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress down, the BJP made Fadnavis deputy chief minister of the state.
Devendra Fadnavis has emerged as the force to reckon with in Maharashtra politics over the past few years. Hailing from Nagpur, Fadnavis served as the 18th chief minister of the state from 2014 to 2019 and was the first CM from the BJP.
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On his 52nd birthday today, July 22, here’s a look at 10 lesser-known facts about the Maharashtra deputy chief minister
1. As a child, Devendra Fadnavis refused to study at the local Indira Convent school as his father Gangadhar Fadnavis was jailed when Indira Gandhi declared an Emergency in India between 1975 and 1977. Instead, Devendra Fadnavis enrolled at the RSS-run Saraswati Vidyalaya, from where he did most of his schooling.
2. Fadnavis has a diverse educational background. He holds a five-year law degree from the Law College Nagpur. He is also a post-graduate in business management and holds a diploma in project management from DSE Berlin.
3. Fadnavis has presented papers on disaster management and energy security at international forums in China, Switzerland and the United States.
4. He became the corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation at age 21 and served two consecutive terms.
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5. At age 27, Fadnavis became the youngest mayor of Nagpur in 1997 and the second-youngest mayor in India. He is the only person to be re-elected to the post of ‘mayor in council.’
6. After Sharad Pawar, Devendra Fadnavis was the second-youngest chief minister of Maharashtra. When he took oath as CM of Maharashtra on October 31, 2014, Fadnavis was 44 years old. Pawar was the youngest CM of the state at 38.
7. In 2006, Fadnavis worked as a model for a garment shop in Nagpur. The ad campaign was a major hit. The deputy CM’s childhood friend and photographer Vivek Ranade had encouraged him to pursue modelling.
8. In 2002-03, Fadnavis won the Best Parliamentarian Award from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
9. In 2016, he won the coveted Nag Bhushan award for his contribution to the cause of Vidarbha.
10. Devendra Fadnavis and his wife Amruta featured in a T-series music video titled ‘Mumbai River Anthem.’
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(Edited by : Shoma Bhattacharjee)
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