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From: "Arvind Kolhatkar" <>
Subject: Re: [The Raj] Early Indian Flag - Congress Party flag
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 08:52:06 -0400
References: <447C1F34.3080105@yahoo.com.au>


Nick,



From its description it appears to be the flag of the Congress Party and not
an early Indian flag. The Congress Party was the most influential party
in the Freedom Struggle and hence the impression that it was an early Indian
flag. The Congress Party continues to use the flag with three colors and
spinning wheel in its center to this day.



The following about the Indian flag is from the site
http://www.indianchild.com/flag_of_india.htm



<THE NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA is in tricolour ( TIRANGA) of deep saffron
(Kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in
equal proportions.

The Indian flag is a horizontal tricolour in equal proportion of deep
saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. The
ratio of the width to the length of the flag is two is to three. In the
centre of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the
Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital. This center
symbol or the 'CHAKRA', is a Buddhist symbol dating back to 2nd century BC.



Its diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes,
which intends to show that there is life in movement and death in
stagnation. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of
renunciation; the white, for purity and truth; the green for faith and
fertility.



The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by India's constituent
assembly on 22nd July, 1947. Its use and display are regulated by a code. >



(I would translate Dharma as 'equity, good conscience and order' in
preference to 'law'.)



For more details about pre-independence flags -party or purported national -
please see http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/in-hist.html



Arvind Kolhatkar, May 29, 2006




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