WHATS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF INDIA? Ans: Jana Gana Mana written by Rabindranath Tagore. * It was first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. * Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950. * The playing time is approximately 52 seconds. WHATS THE NATIONAL EMBLEM OF INDIA? Ans: Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath * The Lion Capital is preserved in the Sarnath Museum in India. * There are four Asiatic Lions standing back to back - symbolizing power, courage, pride, and confidence - mounted on a circular abacus. WHATRE THE THREE COLORS IN THE NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA? Ans: The National Flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of deep saffron, white and green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. * The flag was designed by Pingli Venkayya. * It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947. * The Indian flag has a ratio of two by three. * All three stripes of the flag should be equal in width and length. WHAT DOES THE INDIAN NATIONAL FLAGS TRICOLOR STAND FOR? Ans: The saffron color denotes renunciation of disinterestedness; The white in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide our conduct; The green shows our relation to the soil, our relation to the plant life here, on which all other life depends. * The Ashoka Chakra in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of truth. * Truth or virtue ought to be the controlling principle of those who work under this flag. * Again, the wheel denotes motion. There is death in stagnation. There is life in movement. India should no more resist change, it must move and go forward. * The wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change. WHY DO WE CELEBRATE OUR REPUBLIC DAY? Ans: Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India, drafted by Dr BR Ambedkar, came into force on 26 January 1950. * The Constitution was passed by the Constituent Assembly of India on 26 November 1949 but was adopted on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system, completing the countrys transition toward becoming an independent republic.
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