In , the first Partition of Bengal gave stimulus to the idea of a new Indian flag. The first flag, also referred to as the Vande Mataram flag was composed of Indian religious symbols, was represented in a Western heraldic manner and was launched during the Swadeshi movement.
The flag had lotuses, a sun, a crescent, and the Vande Mataram slogan was written on a yellow band. While the flag was used at the annual session of the Indian National Congress, it failed to make a mark and another flag was suggested by Scottish Hindu reformist Sister Nivedita.
This flag had a thunderbolt running in the middle along with oil lamps on the border and the Vande Mataram caption placed across the border. The flag, however, was not accepted as the Indian flag and after several suggestions, a new flag was designed. The flag comprised three colours - white on the top, green in the middle and red at the bottom. White represented minority communities, green represented Muslims and red - the Hindu and Sikh communities.
A charkha was also drawn across the three colours to symbolise unity. The flag was appreciated widely even as Congress did not accept it.
In , another flag idea was proposed. In this design, the red was replaced with an ochre - representing both Hindus and Muslims. The national flag of India is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. A navy blue wheel representing the chakra is present right in the middle of the white band. The saffron colour indicates the strength and courage of the country. The white indicates peace and truth.
The green band represents the fertility, growth, and auspiciousness of our land. It signified that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter. Share Via. By Krishna Priya Pallavi , Delhi. History and Evolution of the Indian Tricolour Mahatma Gandhi had once stressed why India should have its own flag and had said, "A flag is a necessity for all nations. Unofficial flag of India knowindia. The Berlin committee flag, first raised by Bhikaiji Cama in knowindia.
The flag used during the Home Rule movement in knowindia. The fourth flag adopted unofficially in The colours of the Indian flag The national flag of India is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. Topics indian independence day. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter.
Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. In , Venkayya met Gandhi in Vijayawada and presented a rudimentary design of the flag. It consisted of two red and green bands to symbolise Hindus and Muslims, respectively — the two major religious communities in the country. Gandhi made some changes to it, added a white band to symbolise peace and a charkha to represent self-reliance — on the recommendations of educationist Lala Hansraj.
Pingali Venkayya, who is working in Andhra National College Machilipatnam, has published a book describing the flags of countries and designed many models for our own national flag. Prominent historian Ramachandra Guha notes that a Congress committee had in changed the red band to saffron. It also re-positioned the bands with saffron on top followed by white and then green. The charkha was placed on white band in the middle. The INC officially adopted the flag after these changes were made.
Post-Independence, a national flag committee was also formed under President Rajendra Prasad. The question of who recommended this change is still unclear. An interesting fact about Venkayya was the sheer number of nicknames given to him.
He was known as Jhanda Venkayya for his role in designing the flag. An avid gemologist, he was also called Diamond Venkayya, and for his knowledge of Japanese language, Japan Venkayya.
In , a stamp was also issued to commemorate him, and the Andhra Pradesh government recommended his name for the Bharat Ratna in Venkayya was, however, not considered for the honour that was eventually bestowed on cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and scientist C.
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