The first flag on August 7, 1906, in Calcutta had three horizontal stripes, having Green on top with eight lotuses in white, yellow in the middle with the words is blue, red below on it, a white sun on the left and crescent with star on the right.
The second flag was hoisted by Madam Gama and has followers in Stuttgart, Germany on August 22, 1907. This flag was almost similar, except that Vandematram was shortened to and the positions altered for the sun and crescent. Later this flag was smuggled into India by a Gujarati, freedom fighter. Today it can be seen in a Newspaper's Library in Pune.
The third flag designed in 1917 was different. It had five red and four Green horizontal stripes alternately arranged seven stars that formed a 'Maharishi' was superimposed on the flag. In the top left corner was the British flag, the star and crescent on the top right. This flag was not popular at all.
In 1921 after Gandhi joined the freedom struggle, the colors we see on the flag came to be used. At a congress committee meeting, a flag was shown to Gandhi. It had two bands of green and red, with a large chakra in the middle. Gandhi altered this to add a band of White, and so the flag now had three colors and a chakra. This was hoisted for all functions until 1931.
There was dispute and a group was formed to get people's opinion about the flag, which was saffron colored with a chakra in brown-red in the top left corner. Many people did not like this flag. In the same year the flag took a new form, with the white band in the middle superimposed with a blue chakra, and saffron color instead of red on top, and seen below. This saffron stands for courage, white stands for peace and green for prosperity.
After Independence, the chakra was replaced by the chakra from the Asoka Pillar at Varanasi. The chakra has 24 spokes. We must honor our national flag. Whenever we see our National Flag, a single united India should come before us.
Flag Code
On 26th January 2002, the Indian flag code was modified and after several years of independence, the citizens of India were finally allowed to hoist the Indian flag over their homes, offices and factories on any day and not just National days as was the case earlier. Now Indians can proudly display the national flag anywhere? And any time, as long as the provisions of the Flag Code are strictly followed, to avoid any disrespect to the tricolor. For the sake of convenience, Flag Code of India, 2002, has been divided into three parts. Part I of the Code contains a general description of the National Flag. Part II of the Code is devoted to the display of the National Flag by members of public, private organizations, educational institutions, etc. Part III of the Code relates to display of the National Flag by Central and State governments and their organization and agencies.
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