NATIONAL FLAG ADOPTION DAY- JULY 22

 

NATIONAL FLAG ADOPTION DAY- JULY 22 

National Flag Adoption Day in India is celebrated annually on July 22. It marks the historic day in 1947 when the Constituent Assembly officially adopted the Tiranga (the tricolor flag designed by Pingali Venkayya) as the national flag of a free and sovereign India.

he National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947. Read more on the background of the tricolour and the meaning of its colours and symbols for the IAS exam. The version of the flag closest to the current one came into existence in 1923. It was designed by Pingali Venkayya and had saffron, white and green stripes with the spinning wheel placed in the white section. It was hoisted on April 13, 1923, in Nagpur during an event commemorating the Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre. It was named the Swaraj Flag and became the symbol of India’s demand for Self-rule led by the Indian National Congress.

The resolution to adopt the tricolor as the National Flag of India was passed in 1931. On July 22, 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Swaraj Flag as the National Flag of Sovereign India with the Ashok Chakra replacing the spinning wheel.The National flag of India is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion.The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is two to three.

In the centre of the white band is a navy-blue wheel that represents the chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.Its diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes.

Even as the country is celebrating the National Flag Adoption Day on Wednesday, marking the historic occasion when the tricolour was officially adopted as the national flag of India on July 22, 1947. This significant day serves as a reminder of our shared heritage, and it continues to inspire unity, patriotism, and pride among citizens across the nation.Time & Calendars

However, the tall monumental flag-post, stated to be Telangana state’s second-tallest flag post measuring 150 feet, frequently remains bare for weeks due to delayed maintenance, torn flags or damaged mechanical ropes Despite Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar (MCK) spending a whopping Rs 76 lakhs for the installation of the flag-post in February 2019, the monumental flagpole has frequently sat empty without tricolour for long stretches. The MCK often fail to replace weather-damaged or wind-torn flags promptly, leaving major civic structures bare even on symbolic patriotic anniversaries.

Even on the National Flag Adoption Day, the MCK had failed to hoist the tri-colour on the monumental flag post or celebrate the occasion. The Lions Club and senior citizen B Madhusudhan Reddy, who had participated in the National Flag Adoption Day rally in Karimnagar town on Wednesday, said that they had planned to conduct celebrations at the monumental flag-pole.But they had deferred the idea as the flag-post remained bare without tricolour fluttering on the pole. He ridiculed the MCK and other officials for remaining silent and not replacing the flag post with a new national flag to commemorate the National Flag Adoption Day.

 

Prof. john kurakar