National Flag of India

National Flag of India

Dr Rajendra Prasad , Chairman of  Constituent Assembly, also headed Ad hoc Committee on National Flag. Sarojini Naidu, C. Rajagopalachari, K. M. Munshi ,B. R. Ambedkar and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad were the  members of this committee .On 22July 1947 the resolution on National Flag was adopted.Two National Flags one in silk and  another in cotton khadi was presented before Constituent Assembly.

CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA DEBATES (PROCEEDINGS)

VOLUME IV

Tuesday, the 22nd July 1947

RESOLUTION RE NATIONAL FLAG

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu:.."Today I ask one and all to honour this Flag. That wheel, what does it represent? It represents the Dharma Chakra of Ashoka the Magnificent who sent his message of peace and brotherhood all over the world. Did he not anticipate the modern ideal of fellowship and brotherhood and cooperation?

Does not that wheel stand as a symbol for every national interest and national activity? Does it not represent the Chakra of my illustrations ad beloved leader, Mahatma Gandhi and the wheel of time that marches and marches and marches without hesitation and without halt? Does it not represent the rays of the Sun? Does it not represent eternity? Does it not represent the human mind? Who shall live under that Flag without thinking of the common India? Who shall limit its functions? Who shall limit its inheritance? To whom does it belong? It belongs to India. Pt Nehru told us that India has never been exclusive. I wish he had added 'India welcomes all knowledge from friend and foe alike Did she not? Have not all the cultures of the world contributed to the ocean of her culture? Has Islam not brought to India the ideals of democratic brotherhood, the Zoroastrian his steadfast courage, who fled from lran with a blazing log from their fire temple, whose flame has not perished these thousand years? Have not the Christians brought to us the lesson of service to the humblest of the land? Has not the immemorial Hindu creed taught us universal love of mankind and has it not taught us that we shall not judge merely by our own narrow standard but that we should judge by the universal standard of humanity?"

..."Remember this Flag- there is no prince and there is no peasant, there is no rich and there is no poor. There is no privilege there is only duty and responsibility and sacrifice. Whether we be Hindus or Muslims, Christians, Sikhs or Zoroastrians and others, our Mother India has one undivided heart and one indivisible spirit. Men and women of reborn India. rise and salute this Flag I bid you, rise and salute the Flag."

 On 14 August 1047, The Fifth Session of the Constituent Assembly of India commenced in the Constitution Hall, New Delhi, at Eleven P. M., Dr.Rajendra Prasad was in the Chair. There were 74 members in the Flag Presentation Committee .Hansa Mehta presented the National Flag to India on behalf of the women of India.

Surya Pratap Singh Rajawat

Advocate