JUST LIKE A WAVIN’ FLAG!

India recently observed the birth Anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, the designer of the Indian National tricolour. He was born on August 2, 1876, in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Let’s learn about the other flags which were popular in India.

This flag had a springing tiger in the centre symbolising armed resistance. It had three horizontal stripes of saffron, white, and green. The movement both used this flag as well as the 1931 flag of the Indian National Congress interchangeably. Identify.

Independence Day celebrations and cricket matches are the busiest time for them. It is the only centre to produce and supply the national flags of all sizes under BIS certification. It is located in Bengeri village in Dharwad district and was founded in November 1957 by a group of Gandhians. Identify..

The design of this flag was given by an Irish person closely associated with a famous Indian from Calcutta. The flag was red and yellow with an image of ‘ Vajra’. It consisted of 108 oil lamps for the border, with the Vande Mataram written in Bengali on it. Who designed it?

The very first unofficial flag of India was hoisted at this place. The flag named after the place was designed by Sachindra Prasad Bose and Hemchandra Kanungo and unfurled on August 7, 1906. It had eight lotus flowers, a picture of the sun and a crescent moon with Vande Mataram written in the middle. Identify.

This star with five red and four green horizontal stripes was a popular flag of a movement during the Independence struggle. It depicted the Union Jack signifying the Dominion status with a crescent and a star. Seven white stars were arranged as in the Saptarishi constellation. Identify.