FAQ

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’.