Happy 68th Indian Independence Day

On the occasion of India’s 68th Independence Day, here are some interesting facts related to India and independence.

1. The national flag was hoisted first on August 7, 1906 at the Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta. The flag was composed of horizontal strips of red, yellow and green. The red strip at the top had eight white lotuses embossed on it in a row. The green strip had a white sun on the left and a white crescent and star on the right.

2. The name `India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the first inhabitants of India. The Sanskrit name for India is Bharat Ganarajya. That is the reason why it is also called Bharat. The name “India” comes from the Indus River, which is where earliest settlers made their homes.

3. The current flag has three colours in it. The top strip saffron stands for courage and sacrifice; the middle portion white for peace, truth, purity and green for faith, fertility and chivalry. The Ashok Chakra at the centre of the flag — righteousness.

4. India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.

5. It is said that the first version of the current national flag was made by Pingali Venkayya at Bezwada in 1921. It was made up of two colours-red and green-representing the two major communities. Gandhiji suggested the addition of a white strip to represent the remaining communities of India and the spinning wheel to symbolize progress of the Nation.

Happy 68th Independence Day to all Indians on Qatar Living.

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By vsqatar• 17 Aug 2014 11:23

@topgun90...please read this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965

I don't meant to argue on anything, this is just an info.

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By topgun 90• 16 Aug 2014 14:44

Lolz ... another fact india never invaded any country hahahahahah this just made me laugh like hell hahahahahahaha what happened in 1965 September 6th :P

By Molten Metal• 16 Aug 2014 09:24

Where 've earlier settlers gone now ... ............ Sat, 16.08.2014, 09.25 hrs

By Molten Metal• 16 Aug 2014 09:22

Red colour looks like this.

By Molten Metal• 16 Aug 2014 09:20

My greetings.

By Molten Metal• 16 Aug 2014 09:16

QL, Red colour , lol. ............... Why it's similar to the Italian one ?

By MOZART• 15 Aug 2014 16:12

Vande Matram

By jereenj• 15 Aug 2014 11:11

Happy Independence Day dear Indians :) Jai Hind..

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