Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign: Everything You Should Know

Table of Content:

• What is Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign?
• When is Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign?
• Who Designed the Indian National Flag?
• Indian National Flag "Tiranga"
• What is the Protocol for the Indian National Flag (Flag Code of India)?
• Individuals' Right to Hoist the National Flag - Naveen Jindal vs Union of India

• Before India gained its independence, in 1904, the country's first flag was created. It was created by Sister Nivedita, a Swami Vivekananda follower from Ireland. This flag featured two colors, red and yellow, where red represented the struggle for freedom and yellow represented a triumph. On it were the Bengali-scripted words Bande Mataram. Along with a white lotus in the center, the flag also featured a representation of the Vajra, the Hindu deity Indra's weapon. The Vajra represents power, while the lotus represents purity.
• Another flag, a tricolor one with three equal stripes of blue, yellow, and red at the top, middle, and bottom, was created in 1906. Eight stars with slightly varying forms were placed on the blue strip of this flag. The sun was the first of two emblems on the red strip; the other included a star and a crescent. In the Devanagari script, the words Vande Mataram were written on the yellow strip. Another tri-color design was developed that year that featured the colors orange, yellow, and green. Due to its eight partially opened red-colored blooms and relatively greater size, it became known as the "Calcutta Flag" or the "Lotus Flag."
• A young man from a tiny town close to Machilipatnam in modern-day Andhra Pradesh named Pingali Venkaya created a flag in 1921 that used the colors white, red, and green with a Charkha in the middle.
  
  
• The "Swaraj" banner, which predated our current National flag by a few years, was created in 1931. The colors of this tricolor flag were the same as those in our current national flag: saffron, white, and green. The sole distinction was that the Constitutional Assembly's version had a Charkha rather than a Dharma Chakra.

• The flag is not permitted to be draped in any way, contact the ground or the water, or be utilized as a decoration of any kind.
• The flag cannot be purposefully placed upside down, submerged in anything, or used to contain anything other than flower petals before it is unfurled.
• On the flag, no type of inscription is permitted. No matter the weather, the flag must always be flown between dawn and sunset when displayed in the open.
• Prior to 2009, the flag could be flown on a public building at night under specific conditions; at present, Indian residents are permitted to fly the flag even at night, with the caveat that it must be flown on a tall flagpole and be well-illuminated.
• The flag must never be portrayed, flown, or exhibited upside down. It is deemed disrespectful to fly the flag in a tattered or filthy condition, and the flagpoles and halyards that are used to hoist the flag must always be in good working order.
• Except on national holidays like Independence Day or Republic Day, flying the national flag by private individuals was prohibited by India's original flag law.
• Saffron, white, and green are displayed in a horizontal pattern on the Indian flag, which also features an Ashoka Chakra in the center.
• Additionally, the original flag rule barred the usage of the flag on costumes, uniforms, and other types of attire. The code was modified by the Indian government in July 2005 to permit various usage types.
• The revised regulation prohibits the utilization on undergarments and apparel below the waist, as well as the embroidery of pillowcases, handkerchiefs, or other dress materials.
• The flag code also addresses how to get rid of broken flags. Damaged or dirty flags must be completely destroyed in privacy, ideally by burning or through any other technique that maintains the flag's dignity. They cannot be thrown away or disrespectfully destroyed.