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Know everything you want to know about the tricolor

Know everything you want to know about the tricolor

Amit Kumar January 26,2025

It has been more than seven decades since the country became a republic. The national flag Tricolour is being hoisted at many places across the country. Before the year 2002, common people could not hoist the national flag in public except on a few national festivals. After fighting a battle in the court, the Indian Flag Code was amended on 26 January 2002. In this, the general public was allowed to hoist the flag on all days of the year and was asked to protect the dignity and honour of the flag.

But do you know what the symbols used in this tricolour flag mean? What is the meaning of the three different colours? Do you know how and who made the tricolour flag? When was it accepted? Know the answers to all these questions.

The tricolor flag of India evolved during the freedom movement of India. Many great revolutionaries revolted under flags of different colors and designs. They had many colors and designs but all the people were one and their purpose was also one. Many different flags were used during the freedom movement.

It is said that during the first war of independence in 1857, a plan was made to make a national flag, but that movement ended suddenly. The flag could not be made then. The flag was made for the first time in 1904 by a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. That flag was hoisted for the first time on 7 August 1906 at the Congress session at Parsi Bagan Square, Calcutta. That flag had red, yellow and green stripes. Vande Mataram was written on the yellow strip in the middle.

A new type of flag was also introduced in 1917. Dr. Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak hoisted this flag. This flag had 5 red and 4 green stripes. Along with this, seven stars were made on it in the order of Saptarishi. There was also a Union Jack on the upper left side.

The flag made by Pingali was of two colors. Red and green colors which represented the two major communities i.e. Hindu and Muslim. Gandhiji suggested that it should have a white stripe to represent the rest of the communities of India and a spinning wheel to indicate the progress of the nation.

In 1931, a resolution was passed to adopt the tricolor flag as the national flag of India and it was recognized as the national flag. It had three stripes of saffron, white and green colors and Gandhiji’s spinning wheel in the middle. It was also clearly stated in it that it had no communal significance.

Flag of Independent India
The flag adopted in 1931 was slightly modified in 1947. Only the spinning wheel was replaced by the Dharma Chakra of Emperor Ashoka. On 22 July 1947, the Constituent Assembly adopted the current flag as the Indian national flag. Thus the tricolour flag of the Congress Party eventually became the tricolour flag of independent India. Its colours and their significance remained after independence.

What do the three colours mean?
The tricolour has three colours with saffron at the top signifying the strength and courage of the country. The white in the centre symbolises peace and truth. The green colour at the bottom signifies the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the country’s soil. The Ashoka Chakra, also known as the Dharma Chakra, is placed in the centre and has 24 spokes signifying that life is in motion.

The landmark judgement of the Supreme Court on 23 January 2004 declared that the right to freely fly the national flag with dignity is a fundamental right of every Indian citizen. It was added to Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India.

Before December 2021, machine-made and polyester-made national flags were not allowed to be hoisted. But in December 2021, it was allowed. Now, hand-made or machine-made tricolour made of cotton, polyester, wool, silk and khadi can also be hoisted.

According to Indian law, the flag should always be treated with ‘dignity, loyalty and respect’. Government rules state that the flag should never touch the ground or water. It cannot be used as a tablecloth, or covered on a stage, it cannot be used to cover a statue, nor can it be placed on a foundation stone.

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