Indian Flag Tiranga IndianFlag TirangaMrs.Sarojini Naidu said :"Under this flag, there is no difference between a prince and a peasant, betweenthe rich and the poor, between man and women. "The Flag CodeNational Anthem Wednesday,January16,2002HindustanTimesControlsoff on hoisting tricolourNewDelhi,January 15TheUnion Cabinet decided that all citizens of India could hoist the tricolourthroughout the year. Earlier they could do so onlyonspecial days such as Republic Day and Independence Day. An amended FlagCode will be implemented within a fortnightofRepublic Day to give effect to this right. But some restrictions will be put in place to prevent deliberate insultsto the national flag. The Cabinet approved changes inthePrevention of Insults to National Honor Act, 1971 to give force to theserestrictions. The proposed amendments areexpectedto define in detail acts of serious disrespect to the tricolour and providestrict penalties for such unlawful acts.Amongthe restrictions are bans on : Flying a damaged or disheveled flag; Flying it with the saffron band at the bottom; Draping it over vehicles; Using it as a drapery at private funerals; Printing it on a costume, cushion, napkin or handkerchief; and Flying it on a vehicle unless permitted to do so by the Center . Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan said that the amended FlagCode will be the amended Flag Code will beincludedin school syllabuses. He said that appropriate legislation will also bepassed to prevent the misuse of the state emblem. Mahajan said the decision was taken in the wake of Supreme Court and HighCourt judgments in favor of extending thisright. While the Supreme Court had observed that restrictions on flying the nationalflag appeared prima facie unsustainable, theDelhiHigh Court had ruled that the display of the tricolour was part of thefundamental right to freedom of expressionIam Tiranga. I was born on July 22, 1947 in the Constituent Assembly onthe eve of the Independence of India.Whenthe Adhoc Committee on the Flag adopted me as the National Flag of freeIndia, Pandit JawaharlalNehrumade a memorable speech and concluded saying : " So sir, now I presentto you not only the Resolution,butthe Flag itself ". Infact, I owe my birth to the sacrifices and blessings of all great souls,who brought freedom of India. It was lateeveningof August 14, 1947 at 10:45 p.m., and the Central Hall of the Council Hall,now known as the ParliamentHousewas over packed to its capacity. At the appointed hour, the proceedingsof the House commenced withthesinging of Bande Matram led by Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani, the wife of thenCongress President, AchrayaKriplani.This was followed by brief opening address by the Chairman,Dr. Rajendra Prasad, followed byPanditJawaharlal Nehru's famous speech, Tryst with Destiny. Finally, the resolution was moved to take the Oath of the Dedication. Thetext of the ran:- " At this solemnmomentwhen the people of India, by their suffering and sacrifice have securedfreedom and becomemartyrsof their destiny I .........., a member of Constituent Assembly of India,do dedicate myself to theserviceof India and her people to the end that this ancient land attain its rightfuland honored place in theworldand make its full willing contribution to the promotion of the world peaceand welfare of mankind." All thememberstook the oath standing. The oath was read by its chairman, Dr.RajendraPrasad first in Hindi and theninEnglish. At that solemn moment every stone of the Parliament House echoedwith the lusty shouts of "MahatmaGandhi ki Jai " and " Bande Mataram ". After the resolution by the House,Mrs. Hansa Mehtapresentedto the Chairman the Tiring on behalf of the women of India, symbolizingthe birth of the IndianNational- Flag. While presenting the flag to Dr. Rajendra Parsed, Mrs. Meat said," It is in the fitness ofthingsthat the first flag, that is to fly over this august House should be agift from the women ofIndia." Dr.Rajendra Prasad fondly received the flag from Mrs. Hansa Mehta and showedit around. With the flagshowinggesture of the chairman, the proceedings of the historic day came to aclose with the singing of SareJahanSe Achcha Hindostan Hamara and Jana Gana Mana (till then the song had notbeen adopted as theNationalAnthem of India).August15, 1947Thedawn of Independence day began at 8:30 Am., with the swearing in ceremonyat the Vice regal Lodge (nowknownas the Rashtrapati Bhawan). The new Government was sworn in the centralhall (now Durbar Hall). Twolargesize National Flags along with the Governor General's flag in deep bluewith the Star of India weremajesticallyhung in the backdrop on the wall of the hall facing the distinguished gathering.TheTiranga proudly went up for the first time against a free sky of IndependentIndia on the flag mast of theCouncilHouse at 10:30 a.m. As the Tricolor went up the flag mast, a 31 gun salutewas accorded to the symbolofthe newly born nation. In the afternoon of the August 15, 1947, the firstpublic flag salutation ceremony washeldat the War Memorial at the Prince's Park near India Gate. As the firstPrime Minister of the India unfurledtheTiranga against a clear warm sky, from now where a rainbow appeared onthe horizon as though to blessTrianga.Lord Louis Mount batten, the first Governor General of free India in his17th Report dated 16,1947,wrotethat the three colors e.g. saffron, white and green in the flag of thenew dominion resembled so much thehuesof the rainbow. The Indian people interpreted the occurrence as a saluteof Lord Indra, the god of rains totheTiranga.Tirangawas hoisted for the first time on the ramparts of the Red Fort on the morningof August 16, which was aSaturdayat 8:30 Am., and not on 15th August 11947 as is commonly believed. It wasfrom 1948 onwards thattheflag hoisting ceremony at the Red Fort was started on August 15.Speaking on the occasion, Pandit Nehrumadea mention of Subhash Chandra Bose's dream of seeing the National Flag hoistedon the Red Fort andregrettedthat he was not there to witness the day. Sinceantiquity man has used flags. From the immemorial, people have laid downlives for their flags. Indeed,thereis something so compelling in this piece of cloth, called the NationalFlag, that people make even thesupremesacrifice for its sake. While any other flag stands as a symbol of faithin a family, a community or aclan,the National Flag stands for the whole nation, its idles, aspirations,its hopes and achievements. It is abeaconshowing to its people the path when their very existence is threatened.It is at this time of danger thatthismuch length of cloth inspires people to unite under its umrella and urgethem to defend the honor of theirmotherland.Theword flag is of Teutonic (German) origin and probably came into use aroundthe 15th and 16th centuries invariousnorthern European languages signifying a piece of cloth, bunting or a similarmaterial displaying theinsigniaof a community, an armed force, an office or an individual. A flag in aclassical sense is usually, but notalwaysoblong and attached to a staff or halyard. Inthe early days of history, the flags besides being objects of worship andreverence, also served as rallyingpointsfor organizing armies and for identification of friend and foe during battles.For this purpose flag bearerswereused in wars to give direction to soldiers.Thispractice of caring flags to battlefields in war time and before kings andmembers of royalty during peacetimewas followed by almost all the early civilization of the world, namelythe Egyptian, Assyrians, Greeks,Romans,Chinese, Indians and others. A study of old records revel that sacred emblemsof specialsignificancewere borne by members of royalty, their military units and ships. As Assyrianstatue dating back to671B.C. shows a soldier with a standard of a period are shown on pottery bearingsigns of harpoon, or fish etc.maybe to indicate their port of origin. It was another use of flags in oldtimes.Theancient standard consisted of some solid object fixed on a bracket at thetop of pole sometimes withstreamersattached to it. And, the object displayed on the standard used tobe sacred. The ancient Persiandisplayeda vaulter on a javelin on their flags during war. The Greeks choose anarmor, while the Romans hadaneagle or effigies of gods or figures of animals like wolves, horses andbears on their standards. TheChineseusually bore figures of a dragon, a red bird, a white tiger or a snake.They were carried on chariots andplantedupon the walls of captured cities. The vexllum or the Roman cavalry flag,was nearest to a flag in amodernsense, as it was a square piece of cloth fastened to bar place crosswiseon a spearhead. The labrum ortheimperial standard of the later Roman emperors, was of a similar patternbut a bit larger of pure silk andembroideredin gold. Though in ancient times flags were in use the world over, it iswell supported withprobabilitythat the birth place of the flag was India or China.InancientIndia flags had great significance too. They were in use even in 4000-3000B.C during the Indus ValleyCivilizationand Vedic period 2500-1500 B.C. During the Indus figures of a unicorn andan incense burner. Theepicheroes are described to have well conceived and defined personal standards.They carried these flags onchariotsand elephants. The flags in India were the first objects of attack in abattle in old times. The destructiveofa dhvaja was considered sacrilegious and the offender had to repair thedamage or pay a fine of fivehundredpanas. Its fall would mean confusion, if not defeat as was the case inChina. One special attribute ofIndianflag was, they were often triangular in shape and scarlet or green in colorwith a figure embroidered ingoldand a gold fringe around it. Some Indian flag staffs were surmountedby a figure similar to thatdisplayedon the flag itself. Besides the conventional use, flags also had been usedin India as in China forsignaling.A white flag was used as a signal for a truce. ProphetMohammed, the founder of Islam adopted the 'Roman Eagle' for need of aflag for his troops. Hissuccessors,the later Caliphs (Abbasids), adopted a black flag with the legend " Mohammedis the Apostle ofGod", superimposed in white. Islamic flags, however, were greatly simplifiedand appear to have been plainblack,white or red. Black was supposed to have been the color of Mohammed's banner,the color ofvengeance.A black flag was used by the Abbasids in 746 A.D. (A.H. 129), the Omayyadsand Alids chosewhiteby contrast and the Khawarij (Kharijites) red. Keeping the tradition aplain red flag is therefore, retainedbythe modern Sultanates of Muscat and Oman. Green was the color of the Ftimiddynasty and eventuallybecamethe color of Islam. The crescent moon, with or without an additional staror stars has since becometheaccepted the symbol of Islam. The use of flag was probably transmittedto Europe by the Saraccus. They,however,developed their own elaborate heraldry in the due course. European flagsof various forms andpurposeare known as colors, standards, banners, ensigns, pennants or pennons,guidons and burgees.Interestingly,many European nations adopted around 13th and 14th centuries and stilluse their flag the Cross inGeneva,representatives of 12 nations signed a treaty of all armed forces shouldbear a red cross on white, theSwissflag with reversed colors. this has since remained the symbol of the InternationalRed CrossOrganization.TricolorFlags Mostancient flags conceptually and originally had been unicolour such as red,green, white or black. But, duringthemedieval period, bicolor and tri-colour flags came into being, may be todenote alliance betweenlikeminded people. Austria is believed to have had a tri-colour flag with horizontalstripes of red, white and redaroundthe 13th century. The Dutch also used a flag of orange, white and bluein horizontal stripes of equal widthina revolution against Spain in 1574 A.D. Orange was replaced by red in the17th century, leaving the Dutchflagexactly as it is now. The Revolutionary French tricolour intellectuallyand socially invaded the rest of Europein1789 world. The blue, white and red of france was revolutionary in intent,though it was not wholly novel indesign,as Austria and Netherlands already had tricolors as way back as the 13thand 16 century. The tricolourthusstood for revolution. The Indian tricolour hoisted in Calcutta on August7, 1906, in the words of one of thechiefdesigners of that flag Sukumar Mitra too, was inspired by the French tricolour.Onehard fact of our history is that we never in the past had a National flagfor the whole of India. The stretch ofland called India, in the true sense of the word, had never been one nation.There had been dynasties, clans,tribesand communities. Each had its own territory, traditions, customs and politicalnorms. All these big andsmallkingdoms were rule under their respective flags. There had therefore beendhvajas of the epic heroes,standardsof monarchs, flags of dynasties, banners of warriors, etc., but a NationalFlag for the entire length andbreadthof the country never existed.Whenevera king extended his territory by defeating another king, he still allowedthe vanquished to fly his flagoverthe conquered territory. The Garuda banner of the Mauryas and the Guptaswas more a dynastic coat - of -armsthan a National - Flag. Similarly, the Changi of Rana Pratap, the Bhagva- jhanda of Shivaji, the triangularHanumanBanner of rani ki Jhansi, and the Alam of the Mughals were mere symbolsof the Rajput. Maratha andMughalpride. Even during the British rule, there were 565 princely states inIndia. They all had their own flagsandroyal emblems. Besides, the Viceroy and Governor - General of India alsohad their flags. As a people wewerenever true Indians in the strict sense of the term. We were either Punjabis,Sindhis, Kashmiris, Marathis,Gujaratis,Bengalis, Assamese and the rest. On the top of it we were Hindus, Muslims,Sikhs, Christians, Jains,Parsisetc. Such a fragmented political set up of India suited the English whocame to India as one nation andruledover as under one flag Union Jack.Westernpolitical thought and especially the French Revolution and its slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity "acquaintedthe Indians with the idea of nationalism. When Raja Ram Mohan Roy was sailingto England inJanuary,1831 he limped his way from his ship to a French vessel that was berthedalong with his in the Capetownharbour just to greet the French flag. For him the French tricolour wasnot a mere National - Flag but thesymbolof French revolution, seeing the flag, he exclaimed " Glory, Glory, Glory! ". In the French tricolour, thegreatnationalist saw the dream of India's Independence. Theuprising of 1857 intensified the spirit of nationalism in the people ofIndia. Though the war was fought underseveralflags, there was only one common flag song which briefly echoed those days.However, that speakingvolumesfor our growing sense of nationalism. Its wording were : " Hindu, Mussalman, Sikh hamara Bhai bhai pyara Yeh hai jhanda azadi ka Ise salam hamara "Thelanguage and the text of the song make it obvious that it refers to theGreen - and - Gold flag of BhadurshahZafar.SisterNivedita's Flag :Atthe turn of the century, the quest for a National - Flag assumed greaterurgency with the rise of the Swadeshi-Movement. Sister Nivedat, an Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda, was oneof the first to concive of a National-Flag for India. In 1904, while on a visit to Buddha Gaya in the companyof J. C. Bose and RabindranathTagore,she saw the Vajra - chinha for the first time and was instantly inspired.Vajra (thunderbolt) is the sign fortheLord Buddha. It is also connected with Siva and goddess Durga. It is signof strength being the celebratedweaponof Lord Indra, the war god. Having been inspired by the vajra - chinha,Sister Nivedita designed aNationalFlag for India. She got another flag made by her pupils, in scarlet andyellow. It was displayed at theexhibitionorganised by the Congress in its annual session at Calcutta in December,1906. Her flag was squareinshape, with a red field. It had a hundred and jyotis all along the borderand vajra in yellow at the centre withVandeon the left and the Mataram on the right of it, in Bengali script. Thelegend Vande Mataram was also inyellowin yellow. Sister Nivedita, later in 1909 under a pseudonym wrote an article" Vajra as a design for aNational- Flag ", in the Modern Review, in which she suggests a design for a NationalFlag in which thethunderbolt(vajra) and a lotus were included to symbolise the heritage of India. Shewrote that red impliedstrugglefor freedom, yellow meant victory, and the white lotus denoted purity.TheCalcutta - Flag :LordCurzon was the viceroy of India from 1898 to 1905. He antagonised the Indiansby promulgating manyunpopularlaws. But his decision to partition Bengal in the name of better administration,when the nation wasgroaningunder the havoc caused by famine, earthquake and the plague was most unfortunate.The scheme ofpartitionwas to merge the eastern districts of Decca, Shahi and Chittagaon withAssam and form a newprovinceof ' East Bengal and Assam '. The rest of Bengal was to be joined to Orissaand the new Province wastobe called ' Bengal '. Britisher's tried ' divide and rule ' policy andwanted to set Hindus against Muslims. OnAugust7, 1906, the first anniversary of the anti-partition movement, a big rallywas organised at Parsi BaganSqure(Greer Park) in Calcutta. For the first time a tricolour flag was unfurledthere. The moving spirit behind thedesignof this flag was Schindra Prasad Bose, a close follower of Sir SurendranathBanerjee and the son-in-lawofthe moderate Brahmo leader, Krishna Kumar Mitra. The flag they designedhad open lotuses on the topgreen,yellow and red. It had eight half open lotuses on the green stripe, VandeMataram in blue on the middleyellowstripe, and the sun and moon (crescent) in white on the bottom red stripe.This flag was for the first timehoistedat the Parsi Bagan Square on August 7, 1906, which was observed as BoycottDay to protest againstthepartition of Bengal, Narendranath Sen ceremonially the flag and sang asong. Sir Surendranath Banerjee,whohoisted this flag with the bursting of a hundred and one crackers. Bythe New Year of 1947, the Britons had fully realised that the time hadcome for Britain to leave India. TheBritishParliament seeing the writing on the wall, voted by an overwhelming majorityto end the British rule in thesubcontinent,no later than June 1948. The new Prime Minister of England, Mr. ClementAttlee, decided to dotheinevitable by appointing Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbattenas the new Viceroy. He was thelastEnglishman to govern India. On March 24,1947 he made the historicannouncement about the decision oftheBritish government to free India on June 3, 1947. With this announcement,the national leaders startedthinkingto have a National Flag which would be acceptable to all the politicalFlag Committee. Dr. RajendraPrasadhad to design the flag for free India. The Committee , besides the chairman,consisted of stalwarts suchasAbdul Kalam Azad, K.M. Panikar, Sarojini Naidu, C. Rajagopalachari, K.M.Munshi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.TheFlag Committee which was constituted on June23, 1947 took some deliberatedecisions on July14, 1947forthe National Flag which is as follows : The flag of the Indian National Congress should be adopted as the NationalFlag of India with suitable modifications, to make it acceptable to all parties and communities inIndia. The flag should be tricoloured , with three bands horizontally arranged. The colors should be in the following order safforn on top, white in themiddle and the dark green at the bottom. The emblem should be an exact reproduction of the wheel on the capitalof Ashoka's Sarnath Pillar, superimposed in the middle of the central white band. The color of the emblem should be blue. Havingarrived at these decisions, the committee started preparing samples ofthe new flag. On July 18, 1947committeedecided that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru would place the recommendations beforethe house onJuly22,1947. He presented two flags to the Assembly one made of khadi - silk andthe other of cotton - khadi.Theresolution was carried unanimously. After the adoption of the tricolouras the National Flag the Secretatriatofthe Constituent Assembly received numerous requests for samples of theapproved design. Someenterprisingindividual took advantage of the opportunity. The issue of the August 10,1947 of The HindustanTimescarried an advertisement which read :Asa goodwill gesture The Hindustan Times distributed free to its readersa paper flag souvenir along with itsissueof July 28, 1947 to acquaint people with the approved design of the NationalFlag.Asan Honorable Member of the Ad - hoc Committee on the Flag, Pandit JawaharlalNehru presented to theConstituentAssembly of India on July 22, 1947 two flags. Presenting the flags, hemoved the followingResolution:" Resolvedthat the National - Flag of India shall be horizontal tricolour.......Theratio of the width to the length of the Flag shall ordinarily be 2 : 3"Atthe request of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Army Headquarters in1950 after India became aRepublicand adopted the Tiranga as the National Flag of the Republic, the IndianStandards Institution ( nowBureauof Indian Standards ) brought out specifications on the National Flag forthe first time in 1951. Thesespecificationswere revised in 1964, with a view to completely changing over the dimensionsof the to the metricsystem.On August 17, 1968, the specifications were revised a second time. Thesespecifications cover all theessentialrequirements of the National Flag for its manufacture. While the specificationsby the ISI were initiallybeingworked out, the Government of India expressed a desire that the cloth forthe manufacture of the flag foruseby the Government should be hands pun and hand woven khadhi. Gandhiji suggestedthat Tiranga must bemadeof ' khaddar '. Dr. Suniti kumar Chatterjee also said that it should bemade of cotton or silk. Accordingly, itwasdecided that the the cloth be it cotton, woollen or silk used for the manufacturingfor the Tiranga even theyarnused for cloth would be hands pun and the sewing thread of threecolors namely India - safforn, white andIndia- green to be used for stiching the flag would also be khadi.TheIndian Standard, thus describes the design and constructional details ofthe National Flag of India :" Theflag shall be rectangular in shape and the ratio of the length to the widthshall be 3 : 2. The flagshallbe a tricolour panel made up of three rectangular panels or sub - panelsof equal widths. Thecolorsof the top panels shall be India - saffron ( kesari ), and that of thebottom panel shall be India -green,the middle panel shall be white bearing at its centre the design of AshokaChakra in navy bluecolor.The Ashoka Chakra shall have 24 spokes equally spaced and shall preferablybe screenprintedor otherwise printed or stencilled or suitably embroidered with navy bluecolor. In all thecases,the chakra shall be completely visible on both sides of the flag in thecentre of the white panel."Thespectrophotometric value of all the colors described by the ISI as India- safforn, India - Green and white,wasmeasured and determined in conformity with the colors of the sealed sampleheald at Kanpur, by theTechnicalDevelopment Establishment Laboratory (Stores) in Kanpur by using the illuminent- ' C ' as specifiedbythe International Commission on Illumination - 1931.Although,no embargo is levied on the manufacture of the National Flag by privateagencies. It is extremelydesirableto maintain the honour and dignity of the flag. Therefore, all flags manufacturersmust confirm to thespecificationslaid down by the ISI. CORRECTDISPLAY OF TIRANGA 1.Wherever the Tiranga is flown, it should occupy the position of honourand be distinctly placed. 2.Where the practice is to fly the Tiranga on any public building, it shallbe flown on that building on all days, including Sundays & Holidays. It shall be flown from sunrise to sunsetirrespective of weather conditions. The flag may be flown on such a building at night also, but this shouldbe only on very special occasions. 3.The Tiranga shall always be hoisted briskly and lowered slowly and ceremoniously.When the hoisting and the lowering of the flag is accompanied by appropriate bugle calls, thehoisting and lowering should be simultaneous with the bugle calls. 4.When the Tiranga is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally orat an angle from windowsill, balcony, or front of a building, the saffron band shall be at the farther end ofthe staff. 5.When the Tiranga is displayed flat and horizontal on a wall, the saffronband shall be uppermost and when displayed vertically, the saffron band shall be to the right with referenceto the Flag, i.e it may be to the right of a person facing it. 6.When displayed over the middle of a street, running east-west or north-south,the Tiranga shall be suspended vertically with the saffron to the north, or to the east as thecase may be. 7.When the Tiranga is displayed on a speaker's platform, it shall be flownon a staff on the speaker's right as he faces the audience or flat against the wall above and behind thespeaker. 8.When used on occasions like the unveiling of a statue, the Tiranga shallbe displayed distinctly and separately. 9.When the Tiranga is displayed alone on a motor car, it shall be flownfrom staff which should be affixed firmly to the car in the middle front of the bonnet. 10.When the Tiranga is carried in a procession or a parade, it shall beeither on the marching right, that is the Flag's own right, or if there is a line of other flags, in front of thecentre of the line. INCORRECT DISPLAY OF TIRANGA 1.A damaged or disheveled Tiranga must not be displayed. 2.The Flag must not be dipped in salute to any person or thing. 3.No other flag or bunting shall be placed higher than or above or sideby side with the Tiranga, nor shall any object, including flowers or garlands or emblems be placed on or abovethe flag mast from which the Tiranga is flown. 4.The Tiranga must not be used as a festoon, rosette or bunting or in anyother manner for decoration, nor shall other coloured pieces of cloth be so arranged as to give the appearanceof the Tiranga. 5.The Tiranga must not be used to cover a speaker's desk nor should itbe draped over a speaker's platform. 6.The Tiranga must not be displayed with the " saffron " down. 7.The Tiranga must not be allowed to touch the ground or the floor or trailin water. 8.The Tiranga must be not be displayed or fastened in any manner as maydamage it. MISUSE OF THE TIRANGA 1.The Tiranga must not be used as a drapery in any form whatsoever exceptin State / military funerals. 2.The Tiranga must not be draped over the hood, top, sides or back of avehicle or a train or a boat. 3.The Tiranga must not be used or stored in such a manner as may damageor soil it. 4.When the Tiranga is in a damaged or soiled condition, it may not be castaside or disrespectfully disposed of, but shall be destroyed as a whole in private, preferably byburning or by any other method consistent with the dignity of the flag. The other proper way to destroythe Tiranga could be immersion into the Ganga or buried with due respect. 5.The Tiranga must not be used as a covering for a building. 6.The Tiranga must not be used as a portion of a costume or uniform ofany description. It shall not be embroidered upon cushions or handkerchiefs or printed on napkins or boxes. 7.Lettering of any kind shall not be put upon the Tiranga.' 8.The Tiranga must not be used in any form of advertisement nor shall anadvertisement sign be fastened to the pole from which the flag is flown. 9.The Tiranga must not be used as a receptacle for receiving, delivering,holding or carrying anything. DISPLAY ON NATIONAL DAYS OR ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS 1.The display of the Tiranga is unrestricted throughout the country onthe following occasions. However, following the judgement of the Delhi High Court on the Tiranga, all restrictionsare now rendered invalid. Republic Day - during the period from the commencement to the close ofthe celebrations, until Beating of Retreat ceremony on January 29 at VijayChowk, Delhi. National week - April 6 to April 13 - in memory of the martyrs ofJallianwala Bagh. Independence Day : August 15 Mahatma Gandhi's birthday : October 2 and Any other particular day of national rejoicing as may be specified by the Government of India. 1.(a) The display of Tiranga shall be unrestricted in a State on the anniversaryof the formation of that state. 2.The Government of India may authorise the unrestricted display of theTiranga on any specified day in any local area on account of local celebration. SALUTETO THE TIRANGADuringthe ceremony of hoisting or lowering the Tiranga or when the flag is passingin a parade or in a review,allpersons present should face the flag and stand attention. Those presentin uniform should render theappropriatesalute. When the Flag is in a moving column. persons present will standat attention or salute as theFlagpasses them. A dignitary may take the salute without a head dress. Display with Flags of Other Nations and of the United Nations 1.When displayed in a straight line with Flags of other countries, theNational-Flag shall be on the extreme right; (i.e.) if an observer were to stand in the centre of the row ofthe flags facing the audience, the National-Flag should be to his extreme right. Flags of foreign countriesshall proceed as from the National-Flag in alphabetical order on the basis of English versions ofthe names of the countries concerned. It would be permissible in such a case to begin and also toend the row of flags with the National-Flag and also to include the National Flag in the normal countrywise alphabetical order. The National-Flag shall be hoisted first and lowered last. 2.In case flags are to be flown in an open circle, i.e., in an arc or asemi-circle, the same procedure shall be adopted, as is indicated in the preceding paragraphs. In case flags areto be flown in a closed, i.e., complete circle, the National-Flag shall mark the beginning of the circleand the flags of other countries should proceed in a clockwise manner until the last flag is placed nextto the National-Flag. It is not necessary to use separate National-Flags to mark the beginning and theend of the circle of flags. The National-Flag shall also be included In Its alphabetical order in sucha closed circle. When the National-Flag Is displayed against a wall with another flag from crossedstaffs, the National-Flag shall be on the right (i.e.) the flag's own right, and Its staff shall be in frontof the staff of the other Flag. 3.When the United Nations' flag is flown along with the National-Flag,it can be displayed on either side of the National-Flags. The general practice is to fly the National Flag onthe extreme right with reference to the direction which it Is facing (i.e. extreme left of an observer facingthe masts flying the flags.) 4.When the National-Flag Is flown with flags of other countries, the flagmasts shall be of equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation abovethat of another nation in time of peace. 5.The National-Flag shall not be flown from a single masthead simultaneouslywith any other flag or flags. There shall be separate mastheads for different flags. 6.On occasions specified by the Government, such as the visit of a foreigndignitary, the general public may wave the National-Flag made of paper and the paper flag of the other country.After use. they shall be disposed of in a proper manner preferably by burning in private. 7.With permission of the Government, the National Flag and the flags ofother countries may be displayed on occasions such as cultural shows, exhibitions, musical concerts, filmfestivals, etc., sponsored by the diplomatic or consular representatives of foreign governments. 8.A foreigner or a foreign firm/institution may fly the National-Flag ofIndia along with the flag of his/its country on the Indian National days or his/its own country's national days,in accordance with the procedure indicated above. Rules for Official Display of the National-FlagPublicbuildings : Normally, the National-Flag should be flown only on important public buildingssuch as High Courts, Secretariat Commissioners' Offices, Collectorates, Jailsand offices of the District Boards, Municipalities, Zilla Parishads and Departmental /Public Sector undertakings. In frontier areas the National-Flag may be flown on the international borders, custom-posts, check-posts, outposts, and at other special places wherethe flying of the Flag takes on special significance. In addition, it may be flownon camp sites of border patrols, airports, lighthouses facing international waters.Officialresidences : (a)The National-Flag should be flown on the official residences of the President,Vice-President, GovernorsandLieutenant Governors when they are at Headquarters and on the buildingIn which they stay during theirvisitsto places outside the Headquarters. The Flag flown on the official residenceshould, however, be broughtdownas soon as the dignitary leaves the Headquarters and It should be re-hoistedon that building as he entersthemain gate of the building on return to the Headquarters. When. the dignitaryis on a visit to a place outsidetheHeadquarters, the Flag should be hoisted on the building in which he staysas he enters the main gate ofthatbuilding and it should be brought down as soon as he leaves that place.On the National days the Flagshould,however, be flown from sunrise to sunset on such official residences irrespectiveof whether thedignitaryis at Headquarters or not. (b)The National-Flag should be flown on the residences at Headquarters oftheHeads of Missions/Postsabroadin the countries where it is the custom for diplomatic and consular representativesto fly theirNational-Flagsover their official residences. They may also, in similar circumstances,fly the Flag on theirofficeswhere they are separate from residences. Institutions: (a)When the President, the Vice-President or the Prime Minister visits aninstitution, the National-Flag may beflownby the institution as a mark of respect.(b)On the occasions of the visit to India by foreign dignitaries, namely.President, Vice-President,Emperor/Kingor Heir Prince and the Prime Minister, the National-Flag may be flown alongwith the Flag of theforeigncountry concerned in accordance with the rules by such private institutionsas are according reception tothevisiting foreign dignitaries and on such public buildings as the foreigndignitaries intend to visit on the day ofvisitto the institution. Displayof National-Flag on Motor Cars : (a)The privilege of flying the National-Flag on motor cars Is limited to the: President Vice-President Governors and Lieutenant Governors Heads of Indian Missions abroad In the countries to which they are accredited Prime Minister and other Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State andDeputy Ministers of the Union, Chief Minister and other Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State andDeputy Ministers of States Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers of Union Territories Speaker of the Lok Sabha Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha;Chairmen of Legislative Councils in States, Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Statesand Union Territories, Deputy Chairmen of Legislative Councils in States, Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in States and Union Territories Chief Justice of India, Judges of Supreme Court Chief Justice ofHigh Courts. The case on the entitlement of the High Court Judges is pending. The dignitaries mentioned may fly the National-Flag on their cars, wheneverthey consider it necessary or advisable.(b)When a foreign dignitary travels in a car provided by Government, the National-Flagwill be flown on the rightsideof the car and the Flag of the foreign dignitaries will be flown on theleft side of the car.Displayof the National-Flag on Trains : Whenthe President travels by special train within the country, the National-Flagis flown from the driver's cab ontheside facing the platform of the station from where the train departs. TheFlag Is flown only when the specialtrainis stationary or when coining into the station where it is going to halt.Displayof the National-Flag on Aircraft's :(a)The National-Flag Is flown on the aircraft carrying the President, theVice-President or the Prime Minister onavisit to a foreign country. Alongside the National-Flag, the flag of thecountry visited should also be flown but,whenthe aircraft lands in countries en route, the National-Flag of the countriestouched would be flown instead,asa gesture of courtesy and goodwill.(b)When the President goes on tour within India, the National-Flag is displayedon the side by which thePresidentwill embark the aircraft or disembark from It.Copyright © 1998-2001 Live India InternetServices! All rights reserved LegalInformationAllrights reserved. No part of this publication and other sites of under liveindia.com maybe transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means without priorpermission fromthe publisher Live India Internet Services or RajeshChopra, L.C.Premium Cables, 1826, Amar Nath 2nd Building, Bhagirath PalaceDelhi - 110006, India.Liveindia.comor Mr.Rajesh Chopra is not responsible for any wrong information underthis site,Forconfirmation of any information it is recomended that you reconfirm itfrom your end. WelcometoRajeshChopra'sGuestBook andcomments Please The Flag CodeNational Anthem   |
|
