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[[image:Calcuttaflag.png|thumb|220px|The Calcutta Flag]] |
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The '''Calcutta Flag''' was one of the first unofficial [[Flag of India|flags of India]]. It was designed by [[Schindra Prasad Bose]] and unfurled on |
The '''Calcutta Flag''' was one of the first unofficial [[Flag of India|flags of India]]. It was designed by [[Schindra Prasad Bose]] and unfurled on August 7, 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square (Greer Park), [[Calcutta]]. |
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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 and a picture of the sun and a crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्दे मातरम् ''Vande Mataram'' was inscribed in the centre in [[Sanskrit]]. |
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 and a picture of the sun and a crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्दे मातरम् ''Vande Mataram'' was inscribed in the centre in [[Sanskrit]]. |
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Revision as of 05:31, 22 December 2009
The Calcutta Flag was one of the first unofficial flags of India. It was designed by Schindra Prasad Bose and unfurled on August 7, 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square (Greer Park), Calcutta.
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 and a picture of the sun and a crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्दे मातरम् Vande Mataram was inscribed in the centre in Sanskrit.
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