Our flag can be made using hand-woven khadi only
The national flags atop government institutions places of national importance such as the Supreme Court, Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Red Fort are made Sangha (KKGSS), in Dharwad, Karnataka. They are made as per the guidelines laid down by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The cloth is first divided into three lots which are then dyed saffron, green and white. The Chakra is printed on the white portion and then the three parts are sewn together. The material used for the flag is either khadi cotton or khadi silk. As per the Flag Code of India, the flag can be made in nine different sizes. The smallest one is six inches by four inches, and the largest one is 21 feet by 14 feet.
Bhagat Singh was a polyglot
The image of Shaheed Bhagat Singh is that of a revolutionary who defied the British rule. He is immoral for his attacks on British police officers to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai. He was executed at the young age of 23. But all of this you know. What you perhaps don’t know as there was an intellectual side to the martyr. A voracious reader and a prolific writer, Bhagat Singh began writing at the age of 16 for a publication named Pratap. When he was 17, a Hindi essay he wrote gave his readers a peek into his intellect and clarity of thought. He wrote for and edited newspapers in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. He was also fluent in French, Swedish, Arabic and English.
In 1947, you could exchange a rupee for 16 annas. And if you took an anna to the market you could buy a kilo of ghee. Or you could buy groceries, vegetables, a good amount of milk and even get a few coins back as change. You could purchase petrol for a mere 27 paise, milk for 12 paise and soap for 56 paise. An air ticket to Delhi by Air India cost 140 rupees. Gold was cheaper than a flight ticket and cost only 88.62 for 10 grams. Telephones, the old-fashioned, mechanical kind, were a luxury that only a few could afford.
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