Indian Flag, the tricolor flag is a national flag of India adopted in 1947, before this a long story is that how Indian adopted the tricolor as a national flag.
First time in the England and France some Indian was hosted the flag This flag was three color saffron with eight across wheel hosted in 1906.
In 1921 the father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi informally used the tricolor flag in all congress session. The tricolor flag was with three color red, green, and white with charkha in middle of the flag. But this flag was not officially adopted. The Mahatma Gandhi used this flag almost every time.
Congress had decided to adopted tricolor flag in 1931 in Mumbai session. The tricolor flag had three colors saffron, green and wheel. Finally the present tricolor was adopted in 1947 in national assembly.
Some Memorable Facts of Indian Flag
- In 29 May 1952 with the Union Jack and the Nepalese National flag, the Indian national flag was hoisted on Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world.
- Bhikhaji Rustom Cama was the first Indian to have raised an Indian flag on foreign soil and announced to the world our political flight with the British for the country's Independence
- The Indian flag, went into space on board Apollo-15 in 1971. It flew into space as a medallion on the spacesuit worn by Cosmonaut Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, during the Indo-Soviet joint space flight in April 1984.
