Unknown Facts About The Indian Independence

By MindStick

Our National flag is said to be first hoisted on August 7, 1906 in Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta

Nehru wasn’t elected as our first Prime Minister but Sardar Patel won the Prime Ministry elections fair

The Indian National Anthem, drafted by Rabindranath Tagore was to pay homage to King George V

Pingali Venkavya, a freedom fighter who came up with the idea of our very flag!

Bhagat Singh was highly fluent in many different languages like French, Swedish, English, Arabic, Hindi and Punjabi

Jawahar Lal Nehru was pictured in Vogue Magazine wearing his traditional coat and so his single breasted jacket became a Fashion trend in the West.

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