Unlike unfurling, hoisting involves raising the flag from the bottom of the pole, symbolising India's emergence as a free nation after gaining independence from British rule in 1947. This ceremony ...
The eight flowers in the flag represented the eight major provinces of British India where the fight for freedom was ongoing. When we see India’s map today made up of twenty-eight states and ...
Read on to know why the Indian flag is hoisted on one day and unfurled on the other day. On August 15, India gained freedom from British rule and hence, the flag is hoisted on this day.
1906: The first Indian national flag was hoisted in Calcutta's Parsee Bagan Square. It symbolized the Swadeshi movement and ...