Written by Shubham
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In 1906, during the Swadeshi and Boycott struggle, a flag of India was hoisted for the first time in the Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata).
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In 1907, a similar flag with slight modifications was raised by Madam Bhikaji Cama in Paris.
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In 1917, as a part of the Home Rule Movement, Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak hoisted another flag.
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An Andhra teenager, Pingali Venkaiah presented a flag during the All India Congress Committee meeting in Bezwada (now Vijayawada) in 1921
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A pivotal year in the history of the flag was 1931. A motion was approved designating the tricolour flag as our country’s flag.
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‘Tiranga’, is a tricolour flag with Saffron at the top, Green at the bottom and White in the middle, with an Ashoke Chakra, a 24 spoke wheel at the centre.