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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 The National flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (Kesaria) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 The state emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in
Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24th January 1950. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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The song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggle for freedom. It has an equal status with Jana-gana-mana. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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The national calendar based on the Saka Era with Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365 days was adopted from 22 March 1957 along with the Gregorian calendar for the following official purposes: |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 The magnificent tiger, Panthera tigris (Linnaeus), is a striped animal. It has a thick yellow coat of fur with dark stripes. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 The Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is the National Flower of India. |
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