FLYING OF NATIONAL FLAG AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Apart from the above mentioned incident, I have noticed that, many of us do not care & give proper respect to our national flag and other symbols. Just a few days ago, the national flag at the office of District Magistrate of district Dehradun (Uttarakhand), was hoisted upside down by the police guards. They had put the green colour of the flag on top and the saffron portion down. It was only corrected when the mistake was pointed out by some people. Such occurrence are not rear. One keeps seeing & reading about such incidents quite frequently.
I have ,therefore taken
the opportunity to give some basic details about our National symbols, National
flag, National anthem, national song etc .for those who probably never had an
opportunity to know about these things.
NATIONAL FLAG
Indian National flag is
horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the middle
and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. 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 which represents the Chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which
appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of King Ashoka (grand son of
Samrat Chandragupta Maurya). Its diameter approximates to the width of the
white band and it has 24 spokes.
Design of the flag was adopted
by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July,1947.
The three colours of the
flag indicate:-
Deep Saffron :Valour & courage
White : Purity & peace
Deep Green : Prosperity.
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Composed by Ravindra Nath
Tagore, the song was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 24 January 1950. It
was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian
National Congress. The complete song consists of 5 stanzas. How ever, the first
stanza consists full version of the National Anthem. Playing time of this full
version is approximately 52 seconds. A short version consisting of first and
last lines of the stanza is also played on certain occasions. Playing time for
which is approximately 20 seconds.