10 Fascinating Facts About India's Tricolor on Independence Day, 2025
On August 15, 2025, India proudly celebrates 79 years of independence. This day marks the end of nearly 200 years of British colonial rule. After a long and powerful freedom struggle led by icons like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, and many others, India finally became an independent nation in 1947.
Since then, Independence Day is celebrated every year with patriotic spirit. The most powerful symbol of this freedom is the Indian national flag, also known as the tricolor or Tiranga.
Here are 20 interesting facts about India’s tricolor you should know as we celebrate Independence Day 2025:
1) On August 7, 1906, the first Indian national flag hoisted in Kolkata's Parsee Bagan Square. The three primary colors of the flag were green, yellow, and red.
2) The tricolor flag was adopted as our national flag in 1931 after a historic resolution was implemented. With Mahatma Gandhi's spinning wheel in the middle, this flag, which was an older version of the current one, was saffron, white, and green.
3) On July 22, 1947, the Indian Tiranga was formally adopted, with certain changes, from the Ashoka Chakra of the Lion Capital of Emperor Ashoka. On August 15, 1947, it was first hoisted.
4) Earlier, Indian citizens were not allowed to hoist the National Flag except on selected occasions. This changed after a decade-long legal battle by industrialist Naveen Jindal culminated in the landmark Supreme Court judgment of January 23, 2004.
5) According to Article 19(1)(a) of the Indian Constitution, the top court ruled in 2004 that an Indian citizen's fundamental right is the freedom to hoist the national flag with dignity and respect.
6) In 1904, India's first national flag was designed by Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.
7) Rabindranath Tagore composed the ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ song in 2911, which was later renamed ‘Jan Gan Man’.
8) According to media reports, the national flag of India is produced in one location.
9) The three colors of the Tiranga, or Tricolor, with the saffron on top, represent the nation's bravery and strength. Truth and peace are symbolized by the white in the middle. The bottom's green color represents the land's fertility, growth, and prosperity.
10) Five more nations celebrate their Independence Day with India. These countries include the Republic of Congo, South Korea, North Korea, Liechtenstein, and Bahrain.
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