NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND FACTS ABOUT INDIA|| INDIA YAHOO

NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND FACTS ABOUT INDIA|| INDIA YAHOO

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As an Indian, it is my work to tell about INDIA. Though my blog is about tech but, I think that as an Indian I must tell you about India. Before going to tell you about the national symbol and facts, you must have basic knowledge about INDIA which is given below.

ABOUT INDIA

FULL FORM OF INDIA IS--- INDEPENDENT NATION DECLARED IN AUGUST.

INDIA is a democratic country.  India is known for its diversity.  There are different types of people living is India. They belong to different casts, groups, and state as well.   There culture is different from one another.  All types of people wear different types of clothe, eat different types of food and many more. INDIA IS A VERY BIG COUNTRY.  It has more than 130 CRORE population.  Since, independence there is various reforms done by various types of group leader. One of them is green revolution. There are total 29 states in INDIA and SEVEN union territories.  Now days, INDIA is developing very fast.  So, it is a developing country. Recently, NARENDRA MODI HAS WON THE LOK SABHA ELECTION.  He is the prime minister of India.  Ramnath kovind is the president of India.  Its constitution was made by DR.BR AMBEDKAR, was enacted on 26 JAN, 1950.  So, every year on 26 January republic day is celebrated. INDIA became independent on 15, august 1947.  So this is the basic information that you should be having about India.  Now I am goanna tell you NATIONAL SYMBOL AND FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND FACTS ABOUT INDIA—   

1}  FATHER OF THE NATION

“MOHAND DAS KARAM CHAND GANDHI” commonly known as “BAPU” “MATHAMA GANDHI” OR “GANDHI JI” is the FATHER OF INDIAN NATION.  He had contributed his whole life in the freedom struggle of India.  According to him violence is not the solution of a problem. He introduced a new system of non-violence that was “satyagrah”.  In this system he told that if the reason is true, culprit is wrong then we can easily take justice by doing strike, candle march etc.

2} NATIONAL EMBLEM

National emblem of India was from SARNATH LION CAPITAL OF ASHOKA.  It includes four lions standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell shaped lotus. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on right and a horse on the left and the outlines of him other wheel on extreme right and left. The bell shaped lotus has been omitted. The words, “SATYAMEVA JAYATE” from MUNDAKA UPNISHAD, meaning “TRUTH ALONE TRIUMPHS” inscribed below in DEVANGARI SCRIPT. 

3} NATIONAL FLAG

Flag of India was adopted by constituent assembly, on 22 July, 1947, has a wheel that appears on the abacus of SARNATH lion having twenty four spokes. The width of the flag to its length is two to three.

Colors of the flag;-

In national flag of India the top band is of saffron color, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The WHITE middle band indicates the truth and peace of Dharma chakra. The last band is green in color shows the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land. 

The CHAKRA—

The charka depicted the “wheels of the law” in the SARNATH lion capital made by third century BC MAURAYAUN EMPEROR ASHOKA.  THE CHAKRA indents to show that there is life in movements and there is life in movement and death in stagnation. 

FLAG CODE-- 

On 26^th January 2002, the citizens of India were finally allowed to hoist the Indian national flag, over their homes, offices and factories on any day and not just on National days as was the earlier.

4} NATIONAL CALENDAR

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 marches 1957 along with the Gregorian calendar for the following purpose only …

1.       Gazette of India     
2.      News broadcast by all India radio       Calendar issued by the government of India,
3.   Governments communications to the addressed to he members of public.

Dates of the national calendar have a permanent correspondence with the dates of the Gregorian calendar, 1 chaitra falling on 22 March normally and on 21 March in leap year.

5} NATIONAL ANTHEM

“JANA GANA MANA” is the national anthem India.  The national anthem was composed by RABINDRA NATH TAGORE, which was adopted by the constituent assembly on 24, January 1950. It was first on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian national congress playing time of the full version of the national anthem is approximately 52 seconds. A short version consisting of the first and the last lines of the stanza is approximately 20 seconds. The whole song consist of five stanza.

Here is the national anthem of india---

JANA GANA MANA ADHINAYAK JAYA HAI,

BHARAT BHAGYA VIDHATA.

PUNJAB, SINDH, GUJARAT, MARATHA,

DRAVIND UTTAKAL BANGA.

VINDHYA, HIMACHAL, YAMUNA, GANGA,

UCHHAKAL JALDHI TARANGE.

TAB SHUBH NAAME JAGE,

TAB SHUBH ASHIS MANGE,

GAHE TAB JAYA GATHA.

JAN GAN MAN ADINAYAKA JAYA HAI

BHARAT BHAGYA VIDHATA.

JAYA HAI, JAYA HAI, JAYA HAI,

JAYA, JAYA, JAYA, JAYA HAI.

6} NATIONAL SONG

“VANDE MATRAM IS THE NATIONAL SONG OF INDIA. It is the poem from the fame novel ANANDAMATHA which was written by BAMKIN CHHATRA CHHOPADHAYA IN 1882.  It is written in Bengali and Sanskrit language. It is a hymn to goddess DURGA, indentifies as the national personification of India.  It played a vital role in Indian independence movement, first sung in the political context by RABINDRA NATH TAGORE at the 1886 session of the INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.  IN 1950’S the songs first two verses were given the official status of the “national song” of the republic of India, distinct from the national anthem of India JANA GANA MANA.

THE NATIONAL SONG OG INDIA IS GIVEN BELOW;---

VANDE MATRAM  VANDEM MATRAM

SUJALM SUPHALAM MALYAZ SITLAM

SASAYA SAYAMALA MATRAM.VANDE MATRAM.

SHUBRA JAYOTSANA PULKIT YAMINI.

PULALKUSUMIT DHRUMDAL SHOBHINI

SHUHASINI SHUMDHUR BHASDIM

SHUKDA VARANDA MATRAM. VANDE MATRAM..

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