DESH PATRIKA: INDIAN NATIONAL FLAG

Indian Flag is in a tricolor of Deep Saffron (Kesari) at the top,White in the moddle together with a Navy Blue Wheel( with 24 spokes) and Green color at the bottom all divided in equal proportions.
The design of the National Flag was adopted by India's constituent assembly on 22nd july, 1947.
What does each color in flag Signifies?

Kesari = Courage,Sacrifice and Spirit of Renunciation
White = Purity and Truth
Green = Faith and Fertility
Wheel = It symbolizes the Power of the State governed by Dharma as practised in Primordial system of justice

The Do's :
1.The National Flag may be hoisted in educational institutions (schools, colleges, sports camps, scout camps, etc.) to inspire respect for the Flag. An oath of allegiance has been included in the flag hoisting in schools.
2.A member of public, a private organization or an educational institution may hoist/display the National Flag on all days and occasions, ceremonial or otherwise consistent with the dignity and honour of the National Flag.
3.Section 2 of the new code accepts the right of all private citizens to fly the flag on their premises.

The Don'ts
1.The flag cannot be used for communal gains, drapery, or clothes. As far as possible, it should be flown from sunrise to sunset, irrespective of the weather.
2.The flag cannot be intentionally allowed to touch the ground or the floor or trail in water. It cannot be draped over the hood, top, and sides or back of vehicles, trains, boats or aircraft.
3.No other flag or bunting can be placed higher than the flag. Also, no object, including flowers or garlands or emblems can be placed on or above the flag. The tricolour cannot be used as a festoon, rosette or bunting.

FACTS ABOUT INDIA

GENERAL INFORMATION :
1. 38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

2. 36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

3. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

4.According to the World Bank gross domestic product rankings ( 2004), India stands the tenth largest economy in the world with a GDP of $691.876 billion

5. India is predicted to become the second largest economy of the world by 2050,ahead of U.S. (as stated by Goldman Sachs in a research paper as 'BRIC report' in Economic Times).

6. India has got the second largest army (1,100,000) in the world.

7. India has the second largest population [i.e.1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.)] in the world

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIA :
1.Chess was invented in India.

2.India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

3.India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

4.India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization

5.Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

6.Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.

7.Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12).

8.India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.

9.India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

10.India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA :
1.We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein
2.India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain
3.India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA)
4."If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India!"
French Scholar Romaine Rolland
5."India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all".
Will Durant, American historian

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