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
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