FAQs
The Flag Foundation of India is dedicated to nurturing respect and pride for the Indian National Flag among citizens. This section answers common questions about the Foundation, and everything you should know about the Tiranga.
The Flag Foundation of India (FFOI) was founded in January 2002 by Naveen Jindal following his landmark legal victory affirming citizens’ right to display the National Flag. The Foundation works to promote respect and pride in the Tiranga.
A flag is a piece of cloth attached to a flagpole, representing a clan, community, army,
office of authority, industrial house or an individual. On the contrary, a National-flag is more than
a piece of cloth. It is the most solemn and constitutionally or traditionally authorized symbol of a
country. It represents the whole country, the entire nation, its ideals, hopes, aspirations and the
pride. People throughout the history of mankind have laid down life for their National-flag, as it is
the strongest patriotic symbol.
The green revolt flag of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
had a full bloomed ‘Lotus’ in the first
quadrant of the flag and a ‘Roti’ on the
lower fly of the flag. According to some scholars,
the flag had only the rising sun in the center of
the flag.
It was Sister Nivedita, an Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda who first conceived a
National-flag for all of India in 1905. The Flag is preserved in the Acharya Bhavan Museum,
Kolkata.
The first tricolour raised during our struggle for freedom was hoisted on 9th August 1906 in
Calcutta (now Kolkata) at the Green Park in Parsi Bagan.
Madam Bhikhaji Cama displayed a tricolour at Stuttgart, Germany during an International
Congress.
The flag of the Home Rule League (1916) had a mini Union Jack on their party’s flag in its
first quadrant.
The flag designed by Mrs.Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak was known as ‘The Home
Rule League’s Flag’.
It was Pingali Venkaiah, who designed the first ever “Charkha-Jhanda” in white, green and
red as per the instructions of Gandhiji in 1921 at Bijawada (now Vijayawada).
Pingali Venkaiah, who was greatly enthused about designing a flag for the whole of India