Flags Used By The Indian Independence Movement
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Flag of Calcutta | Three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange, the centre yellow, and the bottom green. It had eight half-opened lotus flowers on the top stripe, and a picture of the sun and a crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्दे मातरम् (Vande Mātaram) was inscribed in the centre in Devanagari. | |
| 1907 | An early Indian nationalist flag | ||
| 1907 | An early Indian nationalist flag | ||
| 1917 | Flag of the Home Rule Movement | Five red and four green horizontal stripes On the upper left quadrant was the Union Jack, which signified the Dominion status that the movement sought to achieve. A crescent and a star, both in white, are set in top fly. Seven white stars are arranged as in the Saptarishi constellation (the constellation Ursa Major), which is sacred to Hindus. |
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| 1921 | Gandhi's flag, introduced at the Indian National Congress meeting in 1921 | ||
| 1923–1947 | The Swaraj Flag, officially adopted by the Congress in 1931 | ||
| 1942–1945 | Flag of Provisional Government of Free India | Three horizontal strips of saffron, white, and green, with a springing tiger in the center Although this symbolized the armed resistance of the Azad Hind Movement lead by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (as opposed to Gandhian pacifism), the 1931 flag of the Indian National Congress was used when the Indian National Army hoisted its flag in Moirang, Manipur. Both flags were used interchangeably. |
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