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Friday, April 9, 2010

Know our Nation

Our country is one of the diverse nations among the world. The legacy of our country is still admired by many. The history backs the fact. 

Some fact files,
  • The national anthem of the India is Jana Gana Mana, composed by Shri Rabindranath Tagore and first sung at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on December 27th, 1911. It was adopted as the National Anthem of India on 24th January, 1950 by the Constituent Assembly. The first stanza( out of five stanzas) of the song forms the National Anthem. 
  • The national song of India is Vande Matharam, composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterji.
The history of national flag,
The flag was designed by Venkaiah in consultation with Mahatma Gandhi and Lala Hansraj for Congress session of 1921

Later, in order to represent all religion, white colour was introduced and declared as an official flag of congress.


the final version of Indian national flag, replacing spinning wheel with Ashoka Chakra,



Finally congress official flag was slightly modified and adopted as our national flag. It is even said that Mahatma Gandhi was not pleased with the move to replace spinning wheel with Ashoka Chakra, but eventually accepted it. Chakra was chosen to represent dharma.