Question

Why did not the flag designed by MK Gandhi declared the national flag of India?

Answer 1

Dear student,

Mahatma Gandhi first proposed a flag to the Indian National Congress in 1921. The design was made by Pingali Venkayya. In the middle was a traditional spinning wheel, which symbolised Gandhi's goal of making Indians self-reliant weaving their own clothing. There was a red stripe for Hindus and a green stripe for Muslims. The design had to be modified and red was replaced with saffron and to include a white stripe in the centre designating other religious communities, and provide a background for the spinning wheel. To avoid sectarian flavours with the colour scheme, the three bands were assigned new meanings: courage and sacrifice, peace and truth, and faith and chivalry respectively.

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