1921
The Man Who Drew the Flag
Pingali Venkayya, a farmer and teacher from Andhra, sketched the tricolour that Gandhi ji approved in 1921. In 1947, the Ashoka Chakra took its place at the centre — and India had its flag.
This Independence Day, hoist the Tiranga digitally — and be counted with crores of proud Indians.
Small moments, mighty hearts — the road to 15 August.
Pingali Venkayya, a farmer and teacher from Andhra, sketched the tricolour that Gandhi ji approved in 1921. In 1947, the Ashoka Chakra took its place at the centre — and India had its flag.
Gandhi ji walked 385 km to the sea at Dandi and lifted a handful of salt. That small act broke an unjust law — and shook an empire.
In August 1942, India rose with one cry — Quit India. In Bombay, Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted the tricolour at Gowalia Tank as lakhs vowed to do or die.
Forty years before freedom, Bhikaiji Cama raised an Indian flag at an international congress in Stuttgart, Germany — declaring to the world that India would be free.
"Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azadi doonga," thundered Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, as the Azad Hind Fauj marched with thousands of men and women in uniform.
At the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947, India awoke to freedom. The tricolour rose over Delhi, and 34 crore hearts rose with it.
Select your state above to meet the bravehearts from your soil.
…and countless unnamed heroes whose stories live in our freedom.
Ninety years of struggle, in six milestones.
By law, the national flag may be made only of hand-spun khadi — and a single unit in Hubballi, Karnataka, is licensed to supply it.
On Independence Day the flag is hoisted up the pole at the Red Fort — a new nation rising. On Republic Day, it is unfurled from the top.
The full rendition of Jana Gana Mana takes exactly 52 seconds — a rule followed at every official ceremony.
The Ashoka Chakra's 24 spokes stand for the 24 hours of the day — the wheel of progress that must never stop turning.