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NATIONAL FLAG

1. The national is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron at the top,white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal position.ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2:3

2. At the center of the white bank is a navy blue wheel which represent the chakra.

3. On august 1. 1906 at parsee bagan square, Calcutta the first national flag of india was hosted.

4. The national flag of india was adopted by the constituent assembly on july 22, 1947.

5. When india got independent a committee headed by Rajendra Prasad was formed to discuss the National flag of india and they decided to adopt the flag of india national congress with suitable modification.as a result the flag was adopted as Indian flag but charkha in the middle was replace by chakra and hence national flag came into being.India national flag can only be made up of khadi

6. The national flag was designed by Venkayya of and adopted in 1931

7. Madam cama on 22nd of august 1907 at Stuttgart, Germany hosted the flag and attended the statue of the first Indian flag to be hosted at the foreign land KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT INDIA 8. Its designed is that of the wheel which appear on the abacus of the sarnath lion capital of ashok.it has 24 spokes

9. Saffron stand for courage, sacrifice and renunciation

10. White stand for truth and purity in thought

11. Green is the symbol of life abundance and prosperity

12. Chakra is the symbol of progress and movement

13. January 26 2002 ,54 years after the india flag was adopted the citizen were free to hoist the Indian flag

14. The Indian national flag was hoisted on Mt Everest on may 29 1953

15. In 1971 the Indian flag went into space on board Apollo 15.it flew as medallion worn by cosmonaut wing commander Rakesh Sharma

STATE EMBLEM

1. The state emblem of india was adopted by the government of india on 26 january 1950

2. The emblem of india is an adaptation from the sarnath lion capital of ashoka KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT INDIA 3. The four lion symbolizing power courage and confidence rest on a circular abacus, the abacus is girded by four smaller animal –guardian of the four direction

• The lion on the north

• The elephant on the east

• The horse on the south

• The bull on the west

4. The word satyameva jayate from mundaka Upanishad meaning “truth alone triumphs” are inscribed below the abacus in devanagari script

5. The emblem form a part of the official letterhead of the government of india and appear on all Indian currency.

6. Emperor ashoka the great erected the capital atop an ashoka pillar to mark the spot where Gautama Buddha first taught the dharma and where the Buddhist sanga was founded NATIONAL ANTHEM

1. The song jana gana mana was adopted in hindi version by the constituent assembly as national anthem in 24 january 1950

2. It was first sung on 27 december 1911 at the Calcutta session of the

3. Tehe song jana gana mana was first published in January 1912 ubder the title Bharat vidhata.

4. The song was translated into English by tagore in 1919 under the title “morning sing of india”

5. The song consist of five stanzas

6. The playing time of the full version is approximately 52 second