Jureny of our national flag
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“It will be necessary for us Indians – Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home – to recognize a common flag to live and die for.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“A flag not only of freedom for ourselves, but a symbol of freedom to all people.”
– Jawaharlal Nehru
We are always interested to know about the journey of film stars, sports personalities, etc but how many of us are aware about the journey of Indian National Flag?
Indian National Flag is not just a flag made of cloth; it is a symbol of our nation’s struggle for Independence. In this post, Campusghanta attempts to throw light on the journey of our nation’s most precious treasure.
The journey began in the year 1906 when the first unofficial Indian National Flag was hoisted in the Parsee Bagan Square of Kolkata. This flag which was composed of three horizontal strips of red, yellow and blue was also known as the Calcutta flag.
The second flag was unfurled in the year 1907 in Paris by one of the most prominent Indian freedom fighters, Madame Cama along with her band of exiled revolutionaries. This was also the first time Indian Flag was being hoisted on foreign soil. Co-designed by Cama, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and Shyamji Krishna Varma, it was famously known as the Saptarishi flag.
The third flag was hoisted by a British socialist, Dr. Annie Besant and the “Father of the Indian unrest”, Lokmanya Tilak in the year 1917. This flag was different from the previous two flags; it had five red and four green horizontal strips arranged alternately, with seven stars in the saptarishi configuration super-imposed on them. In the left-hand top corner was the Union Jack. There was also a white crescent and star in one corner. This flag however was not able to gain popularity among the masses.The fourth flag was designed in the year 1921 by Pingali Venkayya who was an Indian freedom fighter from the city of Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh. It was initially made of two colors- red and green which represented Hindus and Muslims. However on the suggestion of Mahatma Gandhi, a white strip was added to represent the remaining communities of India along with a spinning wheel to signify the progress of the nation.The fifth flag was adopted in the year 1931 as some people disagreed with the communal interpretation of the flag of 1921; therefore the red color was replaced with saffron which is a symbol of both Hindu yogis as well as Muslim darvesh.And finally the Tiranga was adopted on July 22, 1947 after India got independence. Tiranga is a modification of the flag of 1931 where Charkha was replaced with Chakra and this is how our Indian National Flag completed its journey.

Times have come where people have started to define Independence Day as merely a day when people change their WhatsApp display picture to Indian Flag. Flags can be found lying around street corners on 16th August. That needs to change. Our flag is a symbol of our freedom, unity, and abilities. Respect, and only utmost respect is what it deserves. Jai Hind!
– Mahatma Gandhi
“A flag not only of freedom for ourselves, but a symbol of freedom to all people.”
– Jawaharlal Nehru
We are always interested to know about the journey of film stars, sports personalities, etc but how many of us are aware about the journey of Indian National Flag?
Indian National Flag is not just a flag made of cloth; it is a symbol of our nation’s struggle for Independence. In this post, Campusghanta attempts to throw light on the journey of our nation’s most precious treasure.
The journey began in the year 1906 when the first unofficial Indian National Flag was hoisted in the Parsee Bagan Square of Kolkata. This flag which was composed of three horizontal strips of red, yellow and blue was also known as the Calcutta flag.
The second flag was unfurled in the year 1907 in Paris by one of the most prominent Indian freedom fighters, Madame Cama along with her band of exiled revolutionaries. This was also the first time Indian Flag was being hoisted on foreign soil. Co-designed by Cama, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and Shyamji Krishna Varma, it was famously known as the Saptarishi flag.
The third flag was hoisted by a British socialist, Dr. Annie Besant and the “Father of the Indian unrest”, Lokmanya Tilak in the year 1917. This flag was different from the previous two flags; it had five red and four green horizontal strips arranged alternately, with seven stars in the saptarishi configuration super-imposed on them. In the left-hand top corner was the Union Jack. There was also a white crescent and star in one corner. This flag however was not able to gain popularity among the masses.The fourth flag was designed in the year 1921 by Pingali Venkayya who was an Indian freedom fighter from the city of Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh. It was initially made of two colors- red and green which represented Hindus and Muslims. However on the suggestion of Mahatma Gandhi, a white strip was added to represent the remaining communities of India along with a spinning wheel to signify the progress of the nation.The fifth flag was adopted in the year 1931 as some people disagreed with the communal interpretation of the flag of 1921; therefore the red color was replaced with saffron which is a symbol of both Hindu yogis as well as Muslim darvesh.And finally the Tiranga was adopted on July 22, 1947 after India got independence. Tiranga is a modification of the flag of 1931 where Charkha was replaced with Chakra and this is how our Indian National Flag completed its journey.

Times have come where people have started to define Independence Day as merely a day when people change their WhatsApp display picture to Indian Flag. Flags can be found lying around street corners on 16th August. That needs to change. Our flag is a symbol of our freedom, unity, and abilities. Respect, and only utmost respect is what it deserves. Jai Hind!
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