Strengthen ‘Har GharTiranga’ movement, PM Modi urges people

Strengthen ‘Har GharTiranga’ movement, PM Modi urges people

Subject: History

Section: Art and Culture

• In a tweet, Modi said the movement, an initiative of the ministry of culture to mark ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations for India’s 75th year of Independence, will help “deepen our connect with the national flag”.
• The Constituent Assembly adopted the motion of national flag on 22nd July 1947 which was moved by our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
• The motion proposed that “the National Flag of India shall be horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (kesari), white and dark green in equal proportion.” The white band was to have a wheel in navy blue (the charkha being replaced by the chakra), which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka
• The National Flag of India was designed by PingaliVenkayya. He was an Indian freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh.
• One of the minor committees of the Constituent Assembly, the Ad-hoc Committee on the National Flag was headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
• The Part IV-A of the Constitution (Article 51-A) specifies the eleven Fundamental Duties. According to Article 51A (a), it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem.
• A person who is convicted for the following offences under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act of 1971 is disqualified to contest in the elections to the Parliament and state legislature for 6 years.
  • Offence of insulting the National Flag,
  • Offence of insulting the Constitution of India,
  • Offence of preventing the singing of the National Anthem.