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The Calcutta flag was one of the first unofficial flags of India. It was designed by Sachindra Prasad Bose and Hemchandra Kanungo and unfurled on 7 August 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square (Girish Park), Calcutta.[1][2]
The flag had three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange, the centre yellow and the bottom green in colour. It had eight half-opened lotus flowers on the top stripe representing the eight provinces of British India and a picture of the sun and an Islamic-style crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्देमातरम् (Vande Mataram, meaning "Mother, I bow to thee!") was inscribed in the centre in Devanagari.[3]
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References
- ^ Singh, K. V. (2007). Our national flag. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. OCLC 1110172419.
- ^ "জাতীয় পতাকার প্রথম রূপকার হেমচন্দ্র কানুনগো আজও ইতিহাসে উপেক্ষিত". News18 Bengali (in Bengali). 10 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ India, Hachette (22 January 2023). Limca Book of Records 2023. Hachette India. ISBN 978-93-93701-49-7.
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