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After a long and arduous fight against slavery at the hands of the British, India finally achieved liberation at midnight on August 15, 1947, making it the most memorable day in the country's history. Every year this great event is celebrated with great joy. Although many facts about India's Independence Day are known, some have not yet been revealed. Here are 10 most interesting Independence Day facts that every Indian must know: # 1. The national flag was raised for the first time on August 7, 1906 and the decisive event took place at Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta. It was designed with three horizontal stripes of red, yellow and green colors, with eight white lotus flowers in the red stripe, a white sun on the left and a white crescent with a star on the right in the green stripe. #2.  The credit for designing the first version of the present national flag of the country goes to Pingali Venkayya at Bezwada in 1921. It has red and green strips, flanking a w

Posted at January 19, 2017 Lesser Known Facts about 26 January Republic Day Nothing arouses more pride in the heart of every Indian, than to see the fluttering tricolour, on 26 th  January: a day to stop and ponder, when India was declared a Republic way back in 1950. This of course is a fact everyone knows, but there are little interesting morsels  about Republic Day   that most may not know of! Join us on an informative carousel as we bring you interesting Constitutional and other facts about India’s Republic Day … Post-independence the “Dominion of India” came into existence, under the Commonwealth of Nations. 1) It was on 26 th  January 1950 that the Constitution of India came into force and India formally became a Republic. 2) The date 26 th  January was especially selected since it was the anniversary of  Purna Swaraj Day (26 th  January 1930). 3) India has the longest written Constitution in the world, incorporating 448 Articles in 22 Parts, 12 Schedul