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From: "Mandeep Singh Bajwa" <>
Subject: Re: [The Raj] Early Indian Flag - Congress Party flag
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 19:34:56 +0530
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Dear All,

The Congress Party flag was considered the Indian national symbol at that
period.The current Indian flag is a variation on the same theme, changed
because of the need to have the flag looking the same from both sides.

Mandeep


----- Original Message -----
From: "Arvind Kolhatkar" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [The Raj] Early Indian Flag - Congress Party flag


> 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. >
>
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>
> (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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