NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND FACTS ABOUT INDIA
NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND FACTS ABOUT INDIA
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.
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As I told you India is a democratic republic. Here people have the right to choose their own representatives. There were too much of struggle done by the leaders of India to form this unique nation. The great astrologers “ARYABHAYTA” discovered zero. A game which needs a sharp mind, CHESS, was discovered in India. The great physicist, who was the receiver of noble prize in 1930, C.V. RAMAN, for the discovery that when a light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes its wavelength. He was from India. There were so many great people in India. In fact there are also so many talented people in India. There are various types of languages spoken in India but only 22 of them are recognized by the government of India. You don’t believe there are 640,867 no of villages in India. There are total 640 districts in 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 26th 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 …
- a. Gazette of India
- b. News broadcast by all India radio
- c. Calendar issued by the government of India,
- d. 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,
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..
BHARAT RATNA
Bharat Ratna
is the highest civilian award in India. It was first awarded in 1954. The
actual award is designed in the shape of peepal leaf {is a kind of tree
leaf} with Bharat Ratna inscribed in
Devangari script in the sun figure. The
reverse side of the decoration Satyamev Jayate has been written in Hindi with
an inscription of state emblem. The emblem, the sun and the rim are of
platinum. The inscriptions are in burnished bronze.
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NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND FACTS ABOUT
INDIA; ---
1} NATIONAL FLOWER
LOTUS significantly
known as the NELUMBO NUCIFERA is the
national flower of India. The lotus symbolizes divinity, fertility, wealth,
knowledge and not to forget the enlightenment.
2} NATIONAL FRUIT
Designated at the king of all fruits by Indians since long,
ripe fleshly mangoes are certainly very tasty. The famous Indian poet Kalidas
has penned praises on mangoes while historians mention that the great Alexander
and the famous Chinese traveler has tasted its divine flavor.
3} NATIONAL RIVER
The Ganga is the longest river flowing over 2510 km, of
mountains, valleys and plains. It originates in snowfields of the Gangotri
Glacier in the Himalayas as the Bhagirathi River. It is later jointed by other
rivers such as the Alakanda, Yamuna, Sone, Gomti, Kosi, and Ghara.
4} NATIONAL TREE
Ficus bengalensis of
the Banyan tree is the national tree of India.
Belonging to the fig family the branches of the banyan tree spread
over a large area take roots and keep on living and regenerating for thousands
of years. Over the years, it consistently gains more trunks and branches that
add to its longevity.
5} NATIONAL BIRD
PEACOCK is the
national bird of India. It is the symbol of joy, beauty, and love is the national bird of India.
6} National animal
Panther Tigris {tiger} is the national animal of India.
Tiger is also called the lord of forest. The national animal of India is a rich
colored well-stripped animal with a short coat. As the national of India ,
tiger symbolizes India’s wildlife wealth.
7} NATIONAL GAME
Field hockey is the national game of India. Unmatched
excellence and incomparable virtuosity brought India a string of Olympic gold
medals. The golden era of hockey in India was the period from 1928-1956 when
India won six consecutive gold medals in the Olympics.
8} NATIONAL MONUMENT
The India Gate is the national monument of
India. It is one of the largest war memorials in India. India Gate is
situated in the heart of New Delhi and was designed by Sir Edwin lutyens.
Originally it was known as all India war memorials. India commemorates the
90000 soldiers of the erstwhile British Indian army who lost their lives
fighting for Indian empire in World War 1 and the afghan wars.
9} NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL
River Dolphin is the national Dolphin animal of India. This
mammal is also said to represent the purity of the holy Ganga as it can only
survive in pure and fresh water. River Dolphin is a critically endangered
species in India and therefore, has been included in the Schedule I for the
wildlife protection Act, 1972.
10} CURRENCY SYMBOLS
The Indian rupee sign is an allegory of Indian ethos. The
symbol is an amalgam of Devangari “Ra” and the Roman “R” with two parallel
horizontal stripes running on the tops. This line represents the Indian flag
and also the equal to sign. The Indian
rupee sign was adopted by the government of India on fifteenth July, 2010.
11} NATIONAL HERITAGE ANIMAL
The environment ministry on Oct. 22, 2010 declared the
elephant a national heritage animal in order to step up measures for its
protection, India started the project Elephant in 1992 to provide financial and
technical support to the elephant range in states in India for the protection
of jumbos, their habitat and corridors and address issues of human- animal
conflict.
So friends in these two posts I have given all the national
symbols of India. It took my lot of time to write these posts so please write
in the comment about the post. At last I
would like to say that if there will be any changes in the above information
then i will not be responsible. If I found that there are some changes made by
government of India then I will put myself to rectify it .
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