Watched RRR the other day and it ends with a musical number where they wave the very early nationalist flag of india. Was very interesting to learn about. It actually predates the one you show and has the eight lotuses on it.
Its called the Calcutta flag. It was first hoisted in 1906 and later a variant was unfurled in Germany in 1908 by Madam Bhikhaji Cama, Savarkar and one other freedom fighter whose name escapes me currently. The lotuses signified the provinces India had back then. I dont recall the exact symbolism off hand but it had the sun and the moon as well, along with "Vande Mataram" (hail the great mother {homeland}) in Sanskrit (from a poem in a very famous piece of nationalist literature called Anandmath) along with colours representing the peoples of the country.
Is that movie actually good? I usually avoid over the top "masculinity" shitfest south movies, and anyone I talked to say it was shit. Still it was very successful.
@@OkarinHououinKyouma u might have misunderstood the meaning of vande mataram, it is hard to translate into English but is roughly translated as I praise you, mother.
Ashok Chakra was an important symbol used by Emperor Ashoka of the massive Mauryan Empire (when a united India was at its largest extent ever). This chakra is present on the 2 millennia old Lion Capital at Sarnath whose ruins survived till modern era. The Lion Capital was chosen to be the National Emblem (coat of arms) of independent India, and the chakra on that lion capital was placed on the flag.
@@davidezra8497 only the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states were not captured. Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were parts of the Mauryan Empire. So you can't say they didn't captured south totally. They only didn't captured parts of Southern India.
South kings were under indirect control of Ashoka. It's not written anywhere that he didn't capture south. He just didn't want Madrasis to meet the same fate that Kalinga people did.
@@davidezra8497 he had more than enough balls, Madrasis gave them money to not attack them and that's why he indirectly controlled them and Ashok trade reached Sri Lanka.
Its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Older than birth of buddha or asoka and dates 5000 yrs old. Asoka had krishnas chakra as his symbol and congress delinked sudharshan chakra aka krishnas dharma wheel naming it asoka chakra. Chakra is therefore imp to both hindusim and buddhism
There are a few more flags from the independence movement, such as the first flag besigned by Sister Nivedita in 1904, or the Calcutta flag. Also the home rule flag raised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was influential. As a side note, the congress flag with the spinning wheel was used as the flag for the Provisional Azad Hind (Free India) government under Subhash Chandra Bose with help from the japanese during the second Big Kerfuffle.
The Dharmachakra (the Eternal Wheel of Law) is a MUCH better representative of India than that old weird symbol, and it helps invoke empathy for India from lots of Buddhist societies also. :)
King Ashoka was one of the very first Indian kings to unite the country, the dharma chakra thing is not very intrinsic to India unlike tibetan and tantric philosophies.....so it made much more sense to use the Ashoka Chakra as not only a symbol of buddhism but also a united and strong India
Weird symbol? Bruh that Charkha literally united millions of people to rise up against the despotic rule of British. Khadi is a symbol of self reliance and freedom from foreign rule. Anyways, now ik you'll cry that Dharmachakra is better and so on and so forth, but the flag we had back then and we have right now are probably the best possible flag we can have.
@@tryambaknathjha7574 yeah and Adolf Hitler came to tell you this. Son go and read his letters which were written to Hitler (not poland, lol) urging him to stop the war (though it never reached Hitler).
The Ashoka Chakra is also important because the first time India united as a country was 2000 years ago under the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, the chakra was a symbol used in that period. I think this is a important point that was missed in the video.
He missed big points about our forefathers' decision. Its not only about religion ,its symbolism was much more than as you said here 👏👏👏👏 Every color every national symbols were chosen very precisely to represent our whole long culture of akhanda bharat !
Chakra is imp in hinduism as its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Asoka was born thousands of yrs latr who took this chakra as his symbol. And puesdo secular congress who wants to delink hinduism named it asoka chakra..when in reality history of krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka or buddha.. therefore chakra is imp to both buddhism and hinduism
As an Indian, there's something that makes me feel proud whenever I see the flag. And honestly I'm glad nobody considering Mountbatten's plan to change the India and Pakistan flags. Look it up, it's just the India and Pakistan flags with the British watermark on the top left. It looks so ugly man.
I have to admit while the union jack is clearly an S tier flag, when it's on the top left it looks like ass. It's funny Fiji still has the union jack despite being a republic since a millitary coup.
@@williamthebonquerer9181 to be honest it just didn't look good with the saffron, it clashes. i had an idea though, a crown above the chakra or replacing it entirely. would be cool
@@farii__ monarch as head of state is good. Given the UK isn't like isn't like France with its neocolonialism is west Africa, if the uk monarch could just dissolve parliaments say if India ever tries to actually deport Muslims to those suspicious camps they made, that would be a good thing. The queen once dissolved Australias parliament
Bengal is not the northeast of India. It is just east. The "Seven Sisters and one brother" region comprising of Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura is the northeast of India.
Hello Hilbert. I have mentioned before that there were rumours of Indian ancestry from part of my family that were said to have served in India. I was also the kind of kid who loved knowing country flags, so this was a very enjoyable watch and I learned from it too.
Ashoka Chakra is the symbol of Emperor of Ashoka of Moryan dynasty largest Empire in Indian history to rule over Indian subcontinent from some parts of Iran to Bangladesh from Himalayas to the south of Mysore was ruled by Ashoka peacefully without using much of force the feet that the Mughals and British outsiders were not able to do they used force and deception but not able to become like Emperor Ashoka.
Yeah, um, no. His grandfather Chandragupta Maurya had conquered all the way to Afghanistan. His father, Bindusara then conquered central and sort of southern India, but not ever taking over the deep south of Tamil country. Ashoka conquered a little bit more and then became a non-violent ruler, adopting Buddhism. The idea that the Mauryan Empire expanded without much force or deception is laughable. Ashoka inherited a stable and powerful empire from his grandfather and father and seems to have administered it well enough. His policies of non-violence and not wanting to emulate his grandfather and father may have backfired though because by the time Ashoka's grandson took the throne from him, the empire was in decline
@@savioblanc 🧐 everybody knows that his grandfather Chandra Gupta with the help of his Guru Chanakya(Kotilya) conquer most of India and Bindusara also conquer some parts of India Ashoka defeated Greeks, crushed revolts and won Kalinga the point is not that How much he won by conquest the point is how much he was able to keep hold on too stability and without using much of the force if he wanted he could have conquered South Indian Kingdoms but he didn't because he was able to understand that real victory is in power of right not in power of might I am saying he is the only one the few kings that when he lived there was no internal revolt or outside attack during his lifetime there was no such things as revolt or foren invasion you look at British Empire, Mughal Empire, Delhi Sultanate all used might and deception although Mughals were stable at a point but not as much as Ashoka the great every Mughal Ruler from Babar to Bahadur Shah Zafar 2 has saw revolt even though they have greater technology, transport and military technology system then the 2000 years old Morya they also lost Afghanistan but during the reign of Ashoka the great not only whole Afganistan, Pakistan but some parts of Iran were also under Ashoka the great and there was no revolt until he was alive look at Afghanistan and Northern Iran now with this much technology, transport, inovation and military might people are unhappy, sad , tensions are everywhere because they forget how Emperor Ashoka used to rule ' rule with power of right and riougestness not of might and greed' .
@@lovaneygurung4373 your rambled a lot and seem to be be so deep into Ashoka's mystique, you've turned him into a fictional character. A lot of what you repeated is just straight up Buddhist and Ashokan propaganda. A realm so peaceful and stable doesn't come apart so soon after his death, which is what started to happen once he died. It was very good propaganda though, especially his Kalinga war story and his repentance, which he conveniently forgot to mention in his stone edicts in Kalinga itself. Guess he didn't want the people who lived after his destruction to hear about his repentance. Truth is, the man was a brilliant leader and he kept his realm stable through an extremely good network of spies. No, he didn't attack or defeat the Greeks - you are attributing deeds of his grandfather to him. The Greeks on his border were already at peace with his realm, which is why he was able to send Buddhist missionaries to them. And no, it's highly unlikely he could have conquered Southern India - the Tamil Kings were no pushovers and the Cholas didn't exactly have bad relations with the Mauryan kings, so creating a conflict when there was none isn't exactly the smartest thing to do. All in all, the Mauryan state utilized Chanakya's strategies brilliantly and Ashoka was well versed in them But a charismatic leader can hold such a state only as long he lives. Once Ashoka passed, his realm started breaking apart. This doesn't mean we can't appreciate Ashoka and his realm but let's not look at it through rose tinted glasses. His symbol was chosen primarily because he was the earliest representation of an Indian Emperor whose realm actually covered a signficant part of what became the current Indian state and since he was known to have advocated for peace in his later years, it worked perfectly with the theme of the new Indian state, with its emphasis on Gandhian principles.
@Simon McCreath didn't meant to insult. I meant weird because it's such a specific kind of question for a historical figure. It's like me speaking of Alexander the Great and someone going, "Alexander of Macedonia in the Republic of Greece?" It's just strange.
Well, I think they did it for the symmetry, that's why added Ashoka chakra, also emperor Ashoka centralised India infact with 50% more terroritory than Modern India and modern india still takes inspiration from ancient India or "akhand Bharat".
Dharma chakra history - its imp part of oldest religion hinduism. Its krishnas dharma chakra sudharshan chakra that he is seen holding in his hand. Its 10000 yrs old, older than birth of buddha and asoka. Asoka used krishna dharma chakra as is kingdom symbol. Puesdo secular indian congress wanted to delink hinduism from everything so called it asoka chakra.
My theory is perhaps it’s tied to trading. The British merchant navy uses a red ensign (union flag corner on a red background), so I wonder if it’s linked with anything mercantile like that but I don’t know. I just know Canada had lots of fur trade and India had a lot of trading too. Perhaps Hilbert can look into it for us
@@ems7623 I'm unsure if you've replied to the correct comment here. Because what I see under this comment is a series of speculation, research, comments about potential future content and users interacting with each other in a decent and fun and informative way. This is why I feel perhaps you've misplaced your snarky, edgy, Reddit-Lite Comment?
@@eagleclaw899 Well if you think about it large swathes of Canada were owned by the Hudson Bay company until confederation and the British East India Company owned India so that's probably why they had a red background to symbolise that mercantile aspect of their history.
The second one (with a loom at the centre) was adopted by Azad Hind ("Free India") & the Indian National Army under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose in collaboration with the Axis powers during WW2.
@@surajitmondal823 That's actually the flag of the Indian Legion of Nazi Germany, which had been formed prior to the Japanese client state, also under the leadership of of Subhas Chandra Bose. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Legion
Being an Indian I was taught in school that the different colours represented diffrent abstract attributs such as strength, courage, fertility of the land etc. We were taught that in 3rd grade social studies. It never made sense once I got older since why'd you use colours of the dominant religious communities to represent different concepts, and call one of them saffron, which is just of a shade of orange and wouldn't be considered a different colour were it not for the spice and hinduism/buddhism
I was taught that Saffron stands for courage (not sure but something similar), White for purity, peace, Green for nature, blue for sky and 24 spikes in the wheel as representing 24 hours in a day (ie standing forever - eternal) but reality is something else.
@@yourowndealer same here. But you were taught right. As Indians it's upto us what meaning we derive from our flag. After independence it was no longer about religion but sacrifice, peace, progress and prosperity, according to our former President S. Radhakrishnan.
I doubt we could have ever adapted a British flag in our flag like the Australians or the New Zealanders. Because they are literally the same people, more or less. Most natives of their lands were killed and the European migrants colonized it. And therefore thought/still think of themselves as, you know European or British... and so they are still the part of the British crown. We on the other hand are an independent and very different people. Moreover the British weren't really kind to us, they were facists and arguably just as bad to us as the Germans were to the Jewish people. And we wanted "poorna sawaraj"(total independence) if the britsh had resisted for even another year or two, things could've gone violent. Only because of Gandhi's non-violent bs did British leave without having to fight. Many factions like the communists already were there and other major factions were also propping up. Like the "Azad Hind fauj" and they wanted to strike Britain with a sword... and many were sympathetic to their cause. Like Subash Chandra Bose quite famously said, "You give me blood(your lives as Martyrs), I will give you freedom"
I love how the Indian leaders foresaw the issues that could arise by assigning colors to represent certain religions and immediately corrected it to show that all Indians are one. That's true visionary leadership! ❤
National Emblem = Ashok Stambh National Flag = Has Ashok Chakra Biggest Indian Empire = Mauryan Empire of Ashoka Proud Mauryavanshi the first rulers of Akhand Bharat, Jai Mauryavansh Jai Chanayka Jai Akhand Bharat
@@davidezra8497 The Southern Kingdoms accepted the Mauryans dominance, get your facts right. Also Mauryans defeated the Alexander's Army under Seliucus Nikator, the Army which was marching to conquer the world.
@@davidezra8497 Wrong, First of all I never said Mauryans defeated Cholas, they never even fought but they accepted the Mauryan supremacy and used to pay them, I would love to post links of articles that Southern states used to pay to Mauryans but UA-cam will delete my comment as YT marks links as spam.
@@davidezra8497 Mauryans defeated the Alexander's army (The strongest in the world at that time. The Cholas and Pandayas were nothing compared to alexander's army they would've be easily obliterated by Mauryans.
@@davidezra8497 Cholas did not occupy any region through which ganga flows, they defeated these regions in battle and asked their rulers as compensation to bring the water from Ganges to their kingdom Also, Mauryans and Cholas did not fight because there was no reason for them to do so, there are plenty of mauryan Inscriptions in Tamil meaning cultural exchange and lack of hostilities
Chakra is imp in hinduism as its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Asoka was born thousands of yrs latr who took this chakra as his symbol. And puesdo secular congress who wants to delink hinduism named it asoka chakra..when in reality history of krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka or buddha.. therefore chakra is imp to both buddhism and hinduism
@@neilmaizi7584 I love the Ramayana. Honestly, it explained Christianity to me better than anything. Jai Hanuman! That is all interesting. I think Vedanta is just true. Once you get a name for a faith though... the Dao De Jing talks about it a lot. I believe Brahman is a cognate of the Dao. It makes sense that Ashoka, a great King by the standards of the Kali Yuga.... I really don't understand Krishna very well at all on the otherhand. The Bhagavad Gita is all I have really read of him, and his role there is so ... Allah-like? Couldn't find an image of him I could really form. Any recommendation as to what to read to get a better sense of Krishna's personality? Jesus is so full of character if you read the Bible correctly. Krishna is explained more in something outside the Mahabharata I imagine. But I only know the two Epics, and then the Upanishads (a lot of self evident truth in that, so I get bored) and of course the Vedas. Which just seem really behind me. You guys have the clearest picture of the Cosmos I can imagine anyone putting together. Mormons still have the true faith, of course, since Hinduism lacks Churchss and Mormon elders Love hearing about the Ramayana and Vedanta. Their writers are also behind Battlestar Galactica and the Way of Kings... Mormon scifi writers like Orson Scott Card are amazing. Dunno if you've heard of them.
Colours never represented religion. Saffron means Courage,Valor,Sacrifice, Determination White means peace and purity Green means fertility, health, and prosperity. Ashoka's DharmaChakra represents eternal law and continuity of life with 24 spokes in it defining 24 virtues for citizens of great nation. Don't divide this on religious lines. Thank You
Why you don't want to accept the history? Because it is Uncomfortable and politically incorrect? "I asked Mr. Venkayya to give me a design containing a spinning-wheel on a red (Hindu colour) and green (Muslim colour) background." M K Gandhi (COLLECTED WORKS, VOL. 23 (Young India 13-4-1921)) The pattern was also added in the order as least number will be placed on top (white) i.e Sikhs, Jains, Bauddhs,Parsis Green(muslims) Red(hindus) His Muslim Hindu unity failed miserably After partition of Bharat. After the idea of Pakistan got enough Space The red was Replaced with Saffron Representing Sacrifice, White represented Peace and green represented Prosperity and greenery.
@@rahulvishwakarma691 Exactly man !!! They are searching for the truth which they find "convenient" .... And "convenient" to such an extent that it no longer stays "truth".
Well this is to eliminate separation sentiments from otherwise radical elements unless you guys really want to be separatists please by all means argue more.
The Europeans were trading with India and China overland, the land route was called the silk road and the sea route was called the spice route, the problem was that both these routes had to pass thru the middle East, and after the advent of Islam and the crusaders vs islam war the Muslims ( Arabs) blockaded the ( Christian) Europeans and would not allow them to use their territory as a transit route, thus forcing the Europeans to look for a alternate sea route that would bypass the middle East. One of those attempts led to the accidental discovery of the Americas. The other one hit the bull's eye, which ended in a disaster for India and China leading to 200 year's of humiliation. But now the wheel has turned the full circle of time ....
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol. swatika and chakra both hindu symbols older than birth of buddhism. Its imp to all dharmic religion
The spinning wheel harked back to the historical fact that India has for millennia been the global leader in production and export of cotton textiles, which, as the Scottish historian William Dalrymple noted, turned Bengal into the richest place in the world by the 1600s.
Saffron- Strength & courage White- Peace Green- Fertility & growth of the land Middle wheel with 24 spokes is known as "Ashoka Chakra" The wheel of dharma(truth/righteous) It can also be seen as the wheel of development, as 1 day has 24hrs so that wheel is continously rotating like a clock, so is the development. My fav flag is Azad hind fauz with the tiger in centre.
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol
In India, the different colors are symbolic of different virtues. Green for fertility, white for peace, etc The 24 spokes of the wheels represent 24 other virtues of human life. This is what i was taught in history books in India. I have not read anything about what is being explained here.
Bro they didn’t just randomly pick 3 Colors and decide their meaning like we’re taught in school. Safron comes from the Hindu religious safron, and green from the Mughal war banner
Zues u must be joking indian education is nt broken. Its bcoz of this education so many are ceos around the world and indian skilled work force is preferred
also you’ve got to understand that The Indian Congress wanted modern day Pakistan and Bangladesh to be including in the Independent India country. that never happened as the Muslim League demanded independent country for Muslims, and so the initial flags of India had a lot more Muslim-Hindu peace symbolism, in order to prevent Muslim separatism.
YEP AS SOON AS THEY SEPERATED.. INDIA WAS DONE WITH THAT SHIT.. WE WILL BE SECULAR BUT THE SYMBOLS OF THE INDIAN CIVILISATION WILL REMAIN PROMINENT AS A RESULT A NON RELIGIOUS SPINNING WHEEL WAS REPLACED BY THE DHARMACHAKRA
ASHOKA'S VERSION OF THE DHARMACHAKRA IS A SYMBOL WHICH IS IMPORTANT IN ALL DHARMAS( HINDU, BUDDH, SIKH AND JAIN) ALTHOUGH YA ITS MOST PROMINENT IN BUDDHISM..
Dharma chakra history - its imp part of oldest religion hinduism. Its krishnas dharma chakra sudharshan chakra that he is seen holding in his hand. Its 10000 yrs old, older than birth of buddha and asoka. Asoka used krishna dharma chakra as is kingdom symbol. Puesdo secular indian congress wanted to delink hinduism from everything so called it asoka chakra.
You might want to take note of two things first the Mauryans came long after the death of Alexander. Second Alexander wanted to invade India but his troops refused to march into India so no war happened. Therefor he did not run away, rather he was refused the opportunity to invade/go to India.
@@darth3911 well he kinda did coz we all know nanda empire was much larger and powerful and if his soldiers were tired they could have said that when they won persia coz that was their actual goal but they wanted to move on but after seeing purus and after hearing about nandas which is even more powerful they refused so the reason they were tired is really dumb doesnt makes sense coz they wasted time in various other places instead of capturing persia which shows they wanted to but cant coz of bigger much powerful army
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol
Ashok Chakra when it was chosen to be printed at the time it was made it actually didn't had much association with Buddhism but after considering that it was prominently used by the Mauryan dynasty then it made a significant role in Buddhism as the Mauryan spread Buddhism all around the globe
Great video. I really liked the British raj's flag too. The orange/white/green or red/white/green colour combination can be found in flags in Africa (Niger), Europe (Ireland) and Asia (India).
few corrections - ashoka chakra is in there because under mauryan empire , indian was at its peak in all aspects, 2. india was not a secular country in 1947 , since the partition of indian suncontinent in hindu dominion and muslim dominion by british . even though being a hindu majority , the religion of the state was no defined for allmost 20 years . but in 1975 , word secularism was added to the constitution by indira gandhi during emergency
not during emergency. there was no emergency. it was a power grabbing attempt disguised as emergency. the only emergency was that it was forcibly imposed by the ill will of congress to satiate their lust for power
@@aheat3036 the fact would be the quite opposite and so god will always let her die and soon also Britainnia will be destroyed. Every ethnicity ever tried to rule over the whole subcontinent, always got destroyed, maybe it took a lot of time, but historically prove
I know you seem to be a troll - the name and Hitler figure - but I wouldn't mind the Swastika in its original context and its connection to Dharmic religions to be in the flag
Thanks to DR AMBEDKAR for reviving and by making The Great Samrat Ashoka legacy immortal by adding Ashok Chakra in our Indian Flag and also by embracing Buddhism in India. The reason why today there are Buddhist is India is mere coz of DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR.
Great Video as always Hilbert! I just want to add a couple more things :- First, the Ashoka Chakra was the State Emblem of Ashoka the Great, who was the only internal Indian ruler who was able to Conquer, Subjugate and Unite the entirety of the Indian Subcontinent. However, it is said that after his conquests, he was so horrified by the violence and it's consequences that he converted from Hinduism to Buddhism, adopted the Chakra ☸ and decreed a reign of peace that lasted for another couple of generations until the Mauryan Empire started collapsing. Thus for modern Indians, the Ashoka Chakra represents both the Territorial Integrity and Peaceful Nature of our country along with a Secular Identity. It's also kind of a promise or oath, that India will never wage a War of Conquest on any foreign Nation. Secondly, I would like to elaborate a bit more on the EIC conquering my home state Bengal. Bengal was the most productive state of the second most prosperous and productive country of the world at the time, and produced about 12% of the World's GDP. While the EIC was a company of one of the lesser backwater states of Europe, who were weaker than both Portugal and the Netherlands just a few decades back. In a mordern comparison, it would be equivalent to a Company from Australia or New Zealand conquering all of California. I am still baffled as to how the company was able to do it (even with the support of Trators) and why no local power was able to retaliate or capitalise even after the province was conquered.
There religion part is false history written by romila thappar. Read actual history Asoka was already buddhist when he waged all war. He didnt convert post war.
Dharma chakra history - its imp part of oldest religion hinduism. Its krishnas dharma chakra sudharshan chakra that he is seen holding in his hand. Its 10000 yrs old, older than birth of buddha and asoka. Asoka used krishna dharma chakra as is kingdom symbol. Puesdo secular indian congress wanted to delink hinduism from everything so called it asoka chakra.
@@neilmaizi7584 How much do you ITcell guys get paid anyway? I mean....if it was enough, you'd actually bother to use and write the correct Religious Terminology or atleast the right English Grammer....and please don't tell me, that it's because you have no respect for the English Language....we are Indians, none of us do....
For people who aren't from a BJP ITcell, Symbols like the Swastika and the Buddhist Chakra have existed in Human Society far before the Dawn of Civilization. Infact the oldest Rock-Arts of the Swastika and cave painting of the the Chakra are more than 15,000 and 25,000 years old and were found in....*drum-rolls*....Ukraine and Russia. And no, these most likely have nothing to do with Hinduism, definetly nothing to do with Hinduism in it's current form or even the Gupta Period Varna-Hindu Culture around which Hindutva was made up. These symbols however, may have been made by Proto-Aryans, the Ancestors of most of Europe, Middle-East and South Asia.
Concept of tricolor flags actually originated from European nationalist movements especially since French Revolution and Indian Constitution's Preamble also shares common slogans of French Revolution like Liberty, Equality/Egalitarian and Fraternity.
Well and plus the Indian flag with the spinning wheel was used by an Indian renegade unit that was formed by the Imperial Japanese during World War II called the Indian National Army (INA). And they did not want to use a flag used by an enemy force an India did label them as traitors.
The INA enjoyed popular support at home, and when the british tried to put them to court martial over treason charges, riots erupted. Look up INA trials. Although later the congress did distance themselves from SC Bose, the spinners wheel was the defacto symbol and the electoral mark of the indian national congress until the 80s.
@@excitableboy7031 Even though the Indian government refused to call them liberators or freedom fighters. And the Indians that fought for Imperial Japan thinking that India would’ve been better under them is so not true. And the so called “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” was a joke. Imperial Japan saw them selves as the “superior asian race”. Luckily most Indian troops stayed loyal to the British. Plus the Imperial Japanese killed hundreds of India POWs.
@@history9034 anyone who didn't do it is a traitor. The Japanese gave India the opportunity to destroy all Angloid influence from its country and get freedom years earlier. The Japanese gave you their hand and you spit in it.
The meaning of our flag colours has changed after independence. As described by former President S. Radhakrishnan, we are now taught that saffron represents sacrifice and courage, white represents peace and green represents prosperity (through agriculture). The wheel is derived from the Ashoka Chakra having 24 spikes, which represent continuous progress just like the cycle of time. So Indian National flag no longer represents any particular religion.
Chakra is imp in hinduism as its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Asoka was born thousands of yrs latr who took this chakra as his symbol. And puesdo secular congress who wants to delink hinduism named it asoka chakra..when in reality history of krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka or buddha.. therefore chakra is imp to both buddhism and hinduism
Thanks for flag story. so many of us ^indians don't know about the 1921 flag and its story and also forgot about what *Ashoka Chakra* meant to be {wheel of eternal law} wow that was nice. in case to be more particular the colors of flag we call it saffron instead of orange and white, dark green
Its dharma chakra sudharshan chakra of krishna frm oldest religion hinduism. Krishna has this dharma wheel in his hand in idols. He preaches abt dharma with manifesting in avtar holding this chakra and guides arjun abt moral right and duties aka dharma in life. Asoka and buddha werent even born then. Asoka used this krishna dharma chakra as his kingdom symbol. And puesdo seculr congrss who wanted to delink it from himduism called it asoka chakra instead..where as dharma chakra history is older than asoka and buddha both. Its krishnas sudharshan dharma chakra
They choose to put the chakra for far more than just religious reasons. Wheel represents the circle of life and death, and this symbolism is very important to Indian philosophy, including Islamic philosophy. Most importantly, the wheel is a symbol of imperial power that the new govt wanted to emulate
You are allowed to have an opinion regardless and it’s relevance is based on the credibility of your mind and not entirely your heritage. In my opinion
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw It's simple. We are being asked to express an opinion on something that is not our business. What kind of flag should India have? How is this not shockingly obvious?
You forgot Ireland. The Butcher-Apron is the super imposement of thee flags. St Andrew, St George and St Patrick. Today it a false flag because Ireland is no longer a member of the Union but, the flag of St Patrick hasn't been removed. Yes, the India flag represent democracy, so maybe the UK should adopt it!!
@@christopherellis2663 Your age has nothing to do with your level of knowledge. A fool is a fool, whether old or young. And being in a particular place at a particular time gives you absolutely no right over facts.
@@christopherellis2663 also, Kashmir is part of India, so you shouldn't say 'Kashmir AND India' you could have said 'India, specifically Kashmir' Perhaps you didn't explain yourself well enough. Regardless, being offended doesn't make you correct.
With all due respect sir Our struggle was bloody as hell Several massacares by the british After many rebellions from the indian territories starting in 1857 The british had no plan of leaving till 1920 They knew they had to leave after indian troops started to mutiny The reason why vikram spoke the way he did is because your ignorance of the blood that was flown that made my land holy
Hey History With Hilbert I have A Question for You and that is What happened to the old Austrian flag You know the one that has two stripes one black and one Yellow/Gold
NZ came close to changing their flag but a slight majority voted to retain the current flag. Expect to see changes happen once the current Queen passes away (she can't live forever, damnit) Good chance NZ and Australia might change their relationship to the UK and very likely see a new flag.
@@jirachi-wishmaker9242 darling the idea of so called Hindustan was more like idea of Europe based on religious integration and not on Political or Economic integration
There was a small grammar mistake. The person who designed my country (India)'s flag was called 'Pingli Venkayya' not Pingali Venkayya with an 'a'. Otherwise, the video was good.
What happened to Indian flag? Ans- nothing, the flags you shown were never been official flag of independent Indian union. Those were flags of british raj of India, some political parties and some pre-independence revolutionary movements
I find India to be a fascinating place, like things happened differently, we could have had a balkanised India, and the major players there having an east Atlantic trade company, with Europe being the modern day country
The description of the union flag is totally erroneous. It is not Britain but England, Nothern Ireland (Ireland originally) and Scotland but also Wales but not the modern welsh flag
I thought the Ashoka Chakra replaced the spinning wheel due to its association to a specific political movement. There is a little nod to the colonial flag, the chakra beaming out a little like a star.
The Ashoka chakra was adopted by the constituent Assembly of India, which was headed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who basically founded Neo-Buddhism as a sort of emancipation of the lower castes. That was where the final flag got its Ashoka Chakra As for the symbol itself, It is adopted from the Lion Capitol of Sarnath (which India uses as her state seal), which was built by the Mauryan Empire, which ruled in the 200s BCE and unified basically the entire subcontinent under one banner, Emperor Ashoka's. incidentally, they also built the Bamyan Buddhas. Ashokan edicts are found from Gandhara (modern Afghanistan) to Kalinga (Modern state of Odisha) and beyond as well.
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol
The flag that Mountbatten suggested was for the Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan, the last step toward independence i.e, not the flag for independent India and Pakistan. The basic idea is to symbolise that the transition is peaceful and not abrupt, which may contribute to unrest during the transition (as in, the British is still keeping watch during the Dominion period, so there's nothing to worry if something does go wrong). This flags would then be replaced with the independent country flags once full government institution and the country have stabilized within the new country . Well, politics get in the way as both Pakistan and Indian politician would prefer to rush through it, so any symbol of British hanging around would damage them politically. Thus, the big mess of Partition.
Yeah yeah, let's free the Brits of all the blame. They were not blameless here btw. And whether or not the flags had the Jack on it or not, India and Pakistan WERE dominions for 3 whole years. But the Brits didn't do anything to prevent whatever horrors happened at the time of the partition. However, the people are more to blame than anyone else.
@@mihirojha4475 What can the British do? Even the drawings of the map were rushed under pressure by Indian and Pakistani politicians. A job that would take a decade to sort out is forced upon the committee to be done in 1 year, just because they are too lazy to settle it themselves and would prefer to have the British fail it rather than themselves. Why do you think the new boundary wasn't published earlier but rather kept a secret until the last minute by India and Pakistan? Had the partition happened during British rule, at the very least they would be able to plan for it whatever happened after but the politicians are too stubborn to even see how it would create a disaster. Although the British weren't blameless, you kinda need to admit that you have some stupid people too. I mean, what if they all follow Gandhi and have no partition? What if instead of trying to rush the independence process, they start discussion on which area are Pakistan and which were India, delaying it until all have been settled instead of letting the British do it? Lots of problems could be avoided if Nehru and Jinnah were able to resist the pressure of their followers to rush the partition.
Watched RRR the other day and it ends with a musical number where they wave the very early nationalist flag of india. Was very interesting to learn about. It actually predates the one you show and has the eight lotuses on it.
Its called the Calcutta flag. It was first hoisted in 1906 and later a variant was unfurled in Germany in 1908 by Madam Bhikhaji Cama, Savarkar and one other freedom fighter whose name escapes me currently.
The lotuses signified the provinces India had back then. I dont recall the exact symbolism off hand but it had the sun and the moon as well, along with "Vande Mataram" (hail the great mother {homeland}) in Sanskrit (from a poem in a very famous piece of nationalist literature called Anandmath) along with colours representing the peoples of the country.
Most movies based around that time show that flag, even in Subhash the forgotten Hero, when Bose meets hitler the flag is the Vande Mataram flag.
Is that movie actually good? I usually avoid over the top "masculinity" shitfest south movies, and anyone I talked to say it was shit. Still it was very successful.
@@manitdoshi i personality enjoyed it but it sounds like it wouldn't be your kind of movie
@@OkarinHououinKyouma u might have misunderstood the meaning of vande mataram, it is hard to translate into English but is roughly translated as I praise you, mother.
Ashok Chakra was an important symbol used by Emperor Ashoka of the massive Mauryan Empire (when a united India was at its largest extent ever). This chakra is present on the 2 millennia old Lion Capital at Sarnath whose ruins survived till modern era. The Lion Capital was chosen to be the National Emblem (coat of arms) of independent India, and the chakra on that lion capital was placed on the flag.
@@davidezra8497 Inscriptions in the South suggest that they were possibly vassals
@@davidezra8497 only the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states were not captured. Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were parts of the Mauryan Empire. So you can't say they didn't captured south totally. They only didn't captured parts of Southern India.
@@SerCrispinCole even tamilnadu and kerela had only some of their land and they were not indipendent either they were vassal States so was Shri Lanka.
South kings were under indirect control of Ashoka. It's not written anywhere that he didn't capture south. He just didn't want Madrasis to meet the same fate that Kalinga people did.
@@davidezra8497 he had more than enough balls, Madrasis gave them money to not attack them and that's why he indirectly controlled them and Ashok trade reached Sri Lanka.
I like the flag, it looks cool. Love from the U.S. 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇳
Sadly we had our 1776 moment much later.
@@lookintoit4537 India never had a 1776 moment. There was no revolution, just a transfer of power.
No love from india 🤮🤮🤮 eat burgor
@@satyakisil9711 lol that transfer of Power was due to to many revolutions
@@kedarbhagat343 naah. All revolutions went in vain.
Honor to the ancestors, peace for the living, may the future of India shine bright and gloriously.
It’s Independence Day for India
On the day I commented this
Thanks bro I'm a indian too
They used the Ashok Chakra because under him in the Mauryan Empire India was at its greatest extent
Its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Older than birth of buddha or asoka and dates 5000 yrs old. Asoka had krishnas chakra as his symbol and congress delinked sudharshan chakra aka krishnas dharma wheel naming it asoka chakra. Chakra is therefore imp to both hindusim and buddhism
There are a few more flags from the independence movement, such as the first flag besigned by Sister Nivedita in 1904, or the Calcutta flag. Also the home rule flag raised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was influential.
As a side note, the congress flag with the spinning wheel was used as the flag for the Provisional Azad Hind (Free India) government under Subhash Chandra Bose with help from the japanese during the second Big Kerfuffle.
Azad hind flag had a tiger instead of spinning wheel, check it first bro
@@surajitmondal823 that was matching flag
Insignia
I just find it astounding that a company in those days could go out and literally conquer parts of the world and that it was legal
Google, Amazon …
Massachusetts was founded by the Massachusetts Bay Company. And Those Island was founded by another company. There were other companies as well.
The Hudson Bay Company.
Arent the US oil companies behind US invasions of Iraq, Syria etc?
Space activities now are increasingly pioneered by private organisations, same as then, just the destination is not on earth.
The Dharmachakra (the Eternal Wheel of Law) is a MUCH better representative of India than that old weird symbol, and it helps invoke empathy for India from lots of Buddhist societies also. :)
King Ashoka was one of the very first Indian kings to unite the country, the dharma chakra thing is not very intrinsic to India unlike tibetan and tantric philosophies.....so it made much more sense to use the Ashoka Chakra as not only a symbol of buddhism but also a united and strong India
Buddhism is integral to indian way of life.
Weird symbol? Bruh that Charkha literally united millions of people to rise up against the despotic rule of British. Khadi is a symbol of self reliance and freedom from foreign rule.
Anyways, now ik you'll cry that Dharmachakra is better and so on and so forth, but the flag we had back then and we have right now are probably the best possible flag we can have.
@@monsieur1936 Gandhi wanted Poland to surrender without defending at all because "violence is evil"
@@tryambaknathjha7574 yeah and Adolf Hitler came to tell you this.
Son go and read his letters which were written to Hitler (not poland, lol) urging him to stop the war (though it never reached Hitler).
The Ashoka Chakra is also important because the first time India united as a country was 2000 years ago under the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, the chakra was a symbol used in that period. I think this is a important point that was missed in the video.
He missed big points about our forefathers' decision. Its not only about religion ,its symbolism was much more than as you said here 👏👏👏👏
Every color every national symbols were chosen very precisely to represent our whole long culture of akhanda bharat !
Chakra is imp in hinduism as its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Asoka was born thousands of yrs latr who took this chakra as his symbol. And puesdo secular congress who wants to delink hinduism named it asoka chakra..when in reality history of krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka or buddha.. therefore chakra is imp to both buddhism and hinduism
*in recorded history. India might have been united earlier as well and we might not be aware of that history yet.
As an Indian, there's something that makes me feel proud whenever I see the flag.
And honestly I'm glad nobody considering Mountbatten's plan to change the India and Pakistan flags.
Look it up, it's just the India and Pakistan flags with the British watermark on the top left. It looks so ugly man.
Ugly designs.
I have to admit while the union jack is clearly an S tier flag, when it's on the top left it looks like ass. It's funny Fiji still has the union jack despite being a republic since a millitary coup.
@@williamthebonquerer9181 Including Australia and new Zealand too
@@williamthebonquerer9181 to be honest it just didn't look good with the saffron, it clashes. i had an idea though, a crown above the chakra or replacing it entirely. would be cool
@@farii__ monarch as head of state is good. Given the UK isn't like isn't like France with its neocolonialism is west Africa, if the uk monarch could just dissolve parliaments say if India ever tries to actually deport Muslims to those suspicious camps they made, that would be a good thing. The queen once dissolved Australias parliament
Bengal is not the northeast of India. It is just east. The "Seven Sisters and one brother" region comprising of Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura is the northeast of India.
Why is it called seven sisters and one brother?
@@mylord8105 seven states clumped together and one state, officially part of northeast but not geographically, just on top of West Bengal.
That's officially, but geographically Bengal actually located in both north-east and east
Who is this one brother? I hav only heard of seven sisters
@@neilmaizi7584 Sikkim
Hello Hilbert. I have mentioned before that there were rumours of Indian ancestry from part of my family that were said to have served in India. I was also the kind of kid who loved knowing country flags, so this was a very enjoyable watch and I learned from it too.
Ashoka Chakra is the symbol of Emperor of Ashoka of Moryan dynasty largest Empire in Indian history to rule over Indian subcontinent from some parts of Iran to Bangladesh from Himalayas to the south of Mysore was ruled by Ashoka peacefully without using much of force the feet that the Mughals and British outsiders were not able to do they used force and deception but not able to become like Emperor Ashoka.
Yeah, um, no.
His grandfather Chandragupta Maurya had conquered all the way to Afghanistan.
His father, Bindusara then conquered central and sort of southern India, but not ever taking over the deep south of Tamil country.
Ashoka conquered a little bit more and then became a non-violent ruler, adopting Buddhism.
The idea that the Mauryan Empire expanded without much force or deception is laughable.
Ashoka inherited a stable and powerful empire from his grandfather and father and seems to have administered it well enough.
His policies of non-violence and not wanting to emulate his grandfather and father may have backfired though because by the time Ashoka's grandson took the throne from him, the empire was in decline
@@savioblanc 🧐 everybody knows that his grandfather Chandra Gupta with the help of his Guru Chanakya(Kotilya) conquer most of India and Bindusara also conquer some parts of India Ashoka defeated Greeks, crushed revolts and won Kalinga the point is not that How much he won by conquest the point is how much he was able to keep hold on too stability and without using much of the force if he wanted he could have conquered South Indian Kingdoms but he didn't because he was able to understand that real victory is in power of right not in power of might I am saying he is the only one the few kings that when he lived there was no internal revolt or outside attack during his lifetime there was no such things as revolt or foren invasion you look at British Empire, Mughal Empire, Delhi Sultanate all used might and deception although Mughals were stable at a point but not as much as Ashoka the great every Mughal Ruler from Babar to Bahadur Shah Zafar 2 has saw revolt even though they have greater technology, transport and military technology system then the 2000 years old Morya they also lost Afghanistan but during the reign of Ashoka the great not only whole Afganistan, Pakistan but some parts of Iran were also under Ashoka the great and there was no revolt until he was alive look at Afghanistan and Northern Iran now with this much technology, transport, inovation and military might people are unhappy, sad , tensions are everywhere because they forget how Emperor Ashoka used to rule ' rule with power of right and riougestness not of might and greed' .
@@lovaneygurung4373 your rambled a lot and seem to be be so deep into Ashoka's mystique, you've turned him into a fictional character. A lot of what you repeated is just straight up Buddhist and Ashokan propaganda. A realm so peaceful and stable doesn't come apart so soon after his death, which is what started to happen once he died. It was very good propaganda though, especially his Kalinga war story and his repentance, which he conveniently forgot to mention in his stone edicts in Kalinga itself. Guess he didn't want the people who lived after his destruction to hear about his repentance.
Truth is, the man was a brilliant leader and he kept his realm stable through an extremely good network of spies.
No, he didn't attack or defeat the Greeks - you are attributing deeds of his grandfather to him.
The Greeks on his border were already at peace with his realm, which is why he was able to send Buddhist missionaries to them.
And no, it's highly unlikely he could have conquered Southern India - the Tamil Kings were no pushovers and the Cholas didn't exactly have bad relations with the Mauryan kings, so creating a conflict when there was none isn't exactly the smartest thing to do.
All in all, the Mauryan state utilized Chanakya's strategies brilliantly and Ashoka was well versed in them
But a charismatic leader can hold such a state only as long he lives.
Once Ashoka passed, his realm started breaking apart.
This doesn't mean we can't appreciate Ashoka and his realm but let's not look at it through rose tinted glasses.
His symbol was chosen primarily because he was the earliest representation of an Indian Emperor whose realm actually covered a signficant part of what became the current Indian state and since he was known to have advocated for peace in his later years, it worked perfectly with the theme of the new Indian state, with its emphasis on Gandhian principles.
@Simon McCreath weird question but yes
@Simon McCreath didn't meant to insult. I meant weird because it's such a specific kind of question for a historical figure. It's like me speaking of Alexander the Great and someone going, "Alexander of Macedonia in the Republic of Greece?"
It's just strange.
There were 6 unifiers of India, 5 before british. Concept of indian state has been alive since Ashoka.
even before that, I am not hindu but the idea of the subcontinent being one was in the vedas too.
True, "Bharatvarsha" referring to the land streching from the Himalayas to the Indian ocean and "Bharatas" refering to the people living in this land
@@manitdoshi yeah that's how chanakya got that idea of the Akhand Bharat
Ashoka is nothing special no matter how hard macaulay putras want to put him on a pedestal lol
Well, I think they did it for the symmetry, that's why added Ashoka chakra, also emperor Ashoka centralised India infact with 50% more terroritory than Modern India and modern india still takes inspiration from ancient India or "akhand Bharat".
Dharma chakra history - its imp part of oldest religion hinduism. Its krishnas dharma chakra sudharshan chakra that he is seen holding in his hand. Its 10000 yrs old, older than birth of buddha and asoka. Asoka used krishna dharma chakra as is kingdom symbol. Puesdo secular indian congress wanted to delink hinduism from everything so called it asoka chakra.
Don't change ashok chakra .because i love india im form Srilanka .india is a great country .
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Any reason why a few British colonies, like India or Canada, had a red background on their flag, but most others were blue?
My theory is perhaps it’s tied to trading.
The British merchant navy uses a red ensign (union flag corner on a red background), so I wonder if it’s linked with anything mercantile like that but I don’t know.
I just know Canada had lots of fur trade and India had a lot of trading too.
Perhaps Hilbert can look into it for us
@@eagleclaw899 And while he's at it, he can explain Niue's yellow flag background.
A simple Wikipedia search could answer this question, but you ask random strangers most of whom don't know either?
@@ems7623 I'm unsure if you've replied to the correct comment here. Because what I see under this comment is a series of speculation, research, comments about potential future content and users interacting with each other in a decent and fun and informative way.
This is why I feel perhaps you've misplaced your snarky, edgy, Reddit-Lite Comment?
@@eagleclaw899 Well if you think about it large swathes of Canada were owned by the Hudson Bay company until confederation and the British East India Company owned India so that's probably why they had a red background to symbolise that mercantile aspect of their history.
The second one (with a loom at the centre) was adopted by Azad Hind ("Free India") & the Indian National Army under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose in collaboration with the Axis powers during WW2.
Wrong, Azad hind government's official flag had tiger instead of spinning wheel/charka.
@@surajitmondal823 That's actually the flag of the Indian Legion of Nazi Germany, which had been formed prior to the Japanese client state, also under the leadership of of Subhas Chandra Bose. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Legion
Being an Indian I was taught in school that the different colours represented diffrent abstract attributs such as strength, courage, fertility of the land etc. We were taught that in 3rd grade social studies. It never made sense once I got older since why'd you use colours of the dominant religious communities to represent different concepts, and call one of them saffron, which is just of a shade of orange and wouldn't be considered a different colour were it not for the spice and hinduism/buddhism
I was taught that Saffron stands for courage (not sure but something similar), White for purity, peace, Green for nature, blue for sky and 24 spikes in the wheel as representing 24 hours in a day (ie standing forever - eternal) but reality is something else.
@@yourowndealer which board? Me from icse
@@digitalrefugee69 which board? Me from icse
@@ShreyashUSA
From CBSE
@@yourowndealer same here. But you were taught right. As Indians it's upto us what meaning we derive from our flag. After independence it was no longer about religion but sacrifice, peace, progress and prosperity, according to our former President S. Radhakrishnan.
I doubt we could have ever adapted a British flag in our flag like the Australians or the New Zealanders. Because they are literally the same people, more or less. Most natives of their lands were killed and the European migrants colonized it. And therefore thought/still think of themselves as, you know European or British... and so they are still the part of the British crown. We on the other hand are an independent and very different people. Moreover the British weren't really kind to us, they were facists and arguably just as bad to us as the Germans were to the Jewish people. And we wanted "poorna sawaraj"(total independence) if the britsh had resisted for even another year or two, things could've gone violent. Only because of Gandhi's non-violent bs did British leave without having to fight. Many factions like the communists already were there and other major factions were also propping up. Like the "Azad Hind fauj" and they wanted to strike Britain with a sword... and many were sympathetic to their cause. Like Subash Chandra Bose quite famously said, "You give me blood(your lives as Martyrs), I will give you freedom"
Has no one noticed the white corners on the Union Jack bleed onto the red ensign? Its driving me nuts how no one has talked about that.
The wikimedia commons version does not seem to have it. I suspect it a defect with one Hilbert is using.
I love how the Indian leaders foresaw the issues that could arise by assigning colors to represent certain religions and immediately corrected it to show that all Indians are one. That's true visionary leadership! ❤
National Emblem = Ashok Stambh
National Flag = Has Ashok Chakra
Biggest Indian Empire = Mauryan Empire of Ashoka
Proud Mauryavanshi the first rulers of Akhand Bharat, Jai Mauryavansh Jai Chanayka Jai Akhand Bharat
@@davidezra8497 The Southern Kingdoms accepted the Mauryans dominance, get your facts right. Also Mauryans defeated the Alexander's Army under Seliucus Nikator, the Army which was marching to conquer the world.
@@davidezra8497 Wrong, First of all I never said Mauryans defeated Cholas, they never even fought but they accepted the Mauryan supremacy and used to pay them, I would love to post links of articles that Southern states used to pay to Mauryans but UA-cam will delete my comment as YT marks links as spam.
@@davidezra8497 Mauryans defeated the Alexander's army (The strongest in the world at that time. The Cholas and Pandayas were nothing compared to alexander's army they would've be easily obliterated by Mauryans.
@@davidezra8497 Cholas did not occupy any region through which ganga flows, they defeated these regions in battle and asked their rulers as compensation to bring the water from Ganges to their kingdom
Also, Mauryans and Cholas did not fight because there was no reason for them to do so, there are plenty of mauryan Inscriptions in Tamil meaning cultural exchange and lack of hostilities
@@kuroki2986 Finally someone sensible
The current flag looks really good.
True this symbol was actually created by Mauryans and they r mostly cool so yeah
Mauryans are ancient indians
Chakra is imp in hinduism as its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Asoka was born thousands of yrs latr who took this chakra as his symbol. And puesdo secular congress who wants to delink hinduism named it asoka chakra..when in reality history of krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka or buddha.. therefore chakra is imp to both buddhism and hinduism
@@neilmaizi7584 I love the Ramayana. Honestly, it explained Christianity to me better than anything. Jai Hanuman!
That is all interesting. I think Vedanta is just true. Once you get a name for a faith though... the Dao De Jing talks about it a lot. I believe Brahman is a cognate of the Dao.
It makes sense that Ashoka, a great King by the standards of the Kali Yuga....
I really don't understand Krishna very well at all on the otherhand. The Bhagavad Gita is all I have really read of him, and his role there is so ... Allah-like? Couldn't find an image of him I could really form.
Any recommendation as to what to read to get a better sense of Krishna's personality?
Jesus is so full of character if you read the Bible correctly. Krishna is explained more in something outside the Mahabharata I imagine. But I only know the two Epics, and then the Upanishads (a lot of self evident truth in that, so I get bored) and of course the Vedas. Which just seem really behind me.
You guys have the clearest picture of the Cosmos I can imagine anyone putting together. Mormons still have the true faith, of course, since Hinduism lacks Churchss and Mormon elders Love hearing about the Ramayana and Vedanta. Their writers are also behind Battlestar Galactica and the Way of Kings... Mormon scifi writers like Orson Scott Card are amazing. Dunno if you've heard of them.
I like the flag. I think Is unique and easily distinguishable from most other flags
Colours never represented religion.
Saffron means Courage,Valor,Sacrifice, Determination
White means peace and purity
Green means fertility, health, and prosperity.
Ashoka's DharmaChakra represents eternal law and continuity of life with 24 spokes in it defining 24 virtues for citizens of great nation.
Don't divide this on religious lines. Thank You
Bloody west maniac never be end bro, they never understood the value of humanity. That's why they need religion spect to watch every thing.
Why you don't want to accept the history?
Because it is Uncomfortable and politically incorrect?
"I asked Mr. Venkayya to give me a design containing a spinning-wheel on a red (Hindu colour) and green (Muslim colour) background." M K Gandhi (COLLECTED WORKS, VOL. 23 (Young India 13-4-1921))
The pattern was also added in the order as least number will be placed on top (white) i.e Sikhs, Jains, Bauddhs,Parsis
Green(muslims)
Red(hindus)
His Muslim Hindu unity failed miserably After partition of Bharat.
After the idea of Pakistan got enough Space
The red was Replaced with Saffron Representing Sacrifice, White represented Peace and green represented Prosperity and greenery.
@@rahulvishwakarma691 Exactly man !!!
They are searching for the truth which they find "convenient" ....
And "convenient" to such an extent that it no longer stays "truth".
Well this is to eliminate separation sentiments from otherwise radical elements unless you guys really want to be separatists please by all means argue more.
Pretty sure Europe was interested in trading with India, and that side of Eurasia for much longer then just by the time the Portuguese set up there.
Definitely but that's when we get the first trading posts and colonies there hence why I just said that interest in trade "increased" :)
The Europeans were trading with India and China overland, the land route was called the silk road and the sea route was called the spice route, the problem was that both these routes had to pass thru the middle East, and after the advent of Islam and the crusaders vs islam war the Muslims ( Arabs) blockaded the ( Christian) Europeans and would not allow them to use their territory as a transit route, thus forcing the Europeans to look for a alternate sea route that would bypass the middle East. One of those attempts led to the accidental discovery of the Americas. The other one hit the bull's eye, which ended in a disaster for India and China leading to 200 year's of humiliation. But now the wheel has turned the full circle of time ....
*Swastika in middle will also looks good*
Anyways both Ashoka chakra and swastika
Is almost give similar vibe
Meanwhile eu-us = ʘ‿ʘಠωಠಠ︵ಠಠ_ಠ
Bruh Swastika will make Europe, Russia, and Us Mad
Since Hitler changed its meaning from peace to holocaust
Ja ja ja ja
Mauryan empires had a swastika. So that would be a copyright infringement.
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol. swatika and chakra both hindu symbols older than birth of buddhism. Its imp to all dharmic religion
Imo the tricolour with the spinning wheel looks way better than the tricolour with the Ashok chakra
The spinning wheel harked back to the historical fact that India has for millennia been the global leader in production and export of cotton textiles, which, as the Scottish historian William Dalrymple noted, turned Bengal into the richest place in the world by the 1600s.
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Thanks for this piece of history 👏
Thanks for such a beautiful description of Indian History! Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Saffron- Strength & courage
White- Peace
Green- Fertility & growth of the land
Middle wheel with 24 spokes is known as "Ashoka Chakra" The wheel of dharma(truth/righteous)
It can also be seen as the wheel of development, as 1 day has 24hrs so that wheel is continously rotating like a clock, so is the development.
My fav flag is Azad hind fauz with the tiger in centre.
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol
In India, the different colors are symbolic of different virtues. Green for fertility, white for peace, etc The 24 spokes of the wheels represent 24 other virtues of human life. This is what i was taught in history books in India. I have not read anything about what is being explained here.
Bro they didn’t just randomly pick 3 Colors and decide their meaning like we’re taught in school. Safron comes from the Hindu religious safron, and green from the Mughal war banner
@@zuesmaya8167 No!. I wasn't taught anything like that in my history textbooks.
@@user-ml1mr1ls2y ofc our education system is broken Lmao
Zues u must be joking indian education is nt broken. Its bcoz of this education so many are ceos around the world and indian skilled work force is preferred
Zues no such thing. India was secular state and didnt chose colors based on religion. Instead it chose color's meaning for flag
For every 24 spokes there are 24 laws and the number 24 also represents 24 hours in the day.
The colors on the Indian flag are for the following. White: rice. Green: coriander leaves. Yellow: dahl.
It isn't?
Its orange nor yellow so no dal
also you’ve got to understand that The Indian Congress wanted modern day Pakistan and Bangladesh to be including in the Independent India country. that never happened as the Muslim League demanded independent country for Muslims, and so the initial flags of India had a lot more Muslim-Hindu peace symbolism, in order to prevent Muslim separatism.
YEP AS SOON AS THEY SEPERATED.. INDIA WAS DONE WITH THAT SHIT.. WE WILL BE SECULAR BUT THE SYMBOLS OF THE INDIAN CIVILISATION WILL REMAIN PROMINENT AS A RESULT A NON RELIGIOUS SPINNING WHEEL WAS REPLACED BY THE DHARMACHAKRA
I didn’t expect a non Indian to cover this topic. Nonetheless its an awesome video.
ASHOKA'S VERSION OF THE DHARMACHAKRA IS A SYMBOL WHICH IS IMPORTANT IN ALL DHARMAS( HINDU, BUDDH, SIKH AND JAIN) ALTHOUGH YA ITS MOST PROMINENT IN BUDDHISM..
Dharma chakra history - its imp part of oldest religion hinduism. Its krishnas dharma chakra sudharshan chakra that he is seen holding in his hand. Its 10000 yrs old, older than birth of buddha and asoka. Asoka used krishna dharma chakra as is kingdom symbol. Puesdo secular indian congress wanted to delink hinduism from everything so called it asoka chakra.
The colors of the Indian flag go hard
@Simon McCreath he’s saying it looks very cool
The wheel represents the Mauryan empire. India's first unified empire which Alexander the great was running away from founded by Chandragupta Maurya.
No Maurya was formed after Alexander, at Alexanders time north India ruled by Nanda empire.
You might want to take note of two things first the Mauryans came long after the death of Alexander.
Second Alexander wanted to invade India but his troops refused to march into India so no war happened.
Therefor he did not run away, rather he was refused the opportunity to invade/go to India.
@@darth3911 well he kinda did coz we all know nanda empire was much larger and powerful and if his soldiers were tired they could have said that when they won persia coz that was their actual goal but they wanted to move on but after seeing purus and after hearing about nandas which is even more powerful they refused so the reason they were tired is really dumb doesnt makes sense coz they wasted time in various other places instead of capturing persia which shows they wanted to but cant coz of bigger much powerful army
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol
Nice informative 👍👍
Ashok Chakra has nothing to do with Buddhism, It's from Mauryan Empire, English speaking Westerners makes my blood boil everytime
Thanks for making the video
Please make a video on the Bangladeshi flag as well....
Appreciation comment for the slick transition at 6:50 for the 1923 to 1931
3:45 " to keep all religions in India happy" sir they divided us in religion and ruled on India, They sucked our blood🙏
British raj star logo still on India's cricket team
That's a beautiful flag, now that I understand the meaning
I love how you pronounced Ashoka Chakra correctly and not pronounced Chakra as "Shaakra".
The Azad Hind flag is better than the current one IMO. If there was no partition that would likely have been the Indian flag.
The BCCI got inspired from the British Raj flag, took the star symbol with minor changes...I think
5:36
Before this was the flag by bhikaji cama
why in the british raj flag the corners of the british symbol looks weird
Ashok Chakra when it was chosen to be printed at the time it was made it actually didn't had much association with Buddhism but after considering that it was prominently used by the Mauryan dynasty then it made a significant role in Buddhism as the Mauryan spread Buddhism all around the globe
Great video. I really liked the British raj's flag too. The orange/white/green or red/white/green colour combination can be found in flags in Africa (Niger), Europe (Ireland) and Asia (India).
Don’t forget Côte d’Ivoire
@@harrypmay oh yeah
What did you say after Africa?!
@@CatOfCulture don't tell me!
@@CatOfCulture he said niger
minor editing mistake with the white of the british flag bleeding into the rest of the colonial flag
few corrections - ashoka chakra is in there because under mauryan empire , indian was at its peak in all aspects,
2. india was not a secular country in 1947 , since the partition of indian suncontinent in hindu dominion and muslim dominion by british . even though being a hindu majority , the religion of the state was no defined for allmost 20 years . but in 1975 , word secularism was added to the constitution by indira gandhi during emergency
not during emergency. there was no emergency. it was a power grabbing attempt disguised as emergency. the only emergency was that it was forcibly imposed by the ill will of congress to satiate their lust for power
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Someone had the brain in India that it will be hard for childrens to draw the flag during independence or republic day.
I like the flag with the Union Jack on it like the Australia & New Zealand flags!
Queen isn't the head of state in India.
@@mausenpai215 India would be more civilized western democracy if she was! Rule Britannia & God Save The Queen! 🏴🇬🇧.
@@aheat3036 the fact would be the quite opposite and so god will always let her die and soon also Britainnia will be destroyed. Every ethnicity ever tried to rule over the whole subcontinent, always got destroyed, maybe it took a lot of time, but historically prove
West Bengal known as Bengal..it not stated NE it stated only E... try to eliminate the error..
Bhagwa is the best Option 🚩🙏🏿But Tiranga is our Pride 🇮🇳It would have been nice if they would have also added AUM 🙏🏿🕉️
I want Swastik flag for India
I know you seem to be a troll - the name and Hitler figure - but I wouldn't mind the Swastika in its original context and its connection to Dharmic religions to be in the flag
✋ 🤚 ✋ 🤚 heil
@@savioblanc i mean the state of Bihar's state seal has the Swaatika on it, along with the boddhi tree (under which the Buddha attained enlightenment)
no. india is secular and always will be.
@@savioblanc no. India is secular and will remain as such. you can keep crying like you always do.
Thanks to DR AMBEDKAR for reviving and by making The Great Samrat Ashoka legacy immortal by adding Ashok Chakra in our Indian Flag and also by embracing Buddhism in India. The reason why today there are Buddhist is India is mere coz of DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR.
Great Video as always Hilbert!
I just want to add a couple more things :-
First, the Ashoka Chakra was the State Emblem of Ashoka the Great, who was the only internal Indian ruler who was able to Conquer, Subjugate and Unite the entirety of the Indian Subcontinent. However, it is said that after his conquests, he was so horrified by the violence and it's consequences that he converted from Hinduism to Buddhism, adopted the Chakra ☸ and decreed a reign of peace that lasted for another couple of generations until the Mauryan Empire started collapsing.
Thus for modern Indians, the Ashoka Chakra represents both the Territorial Integrity and Peaceful Nature of our country along with a Secular Identity. It's also kind of a promise or oath, that India will never wage a War of Conquest on any foreign Nation.
Secondly, I would like to elaborate a bit more on the EIC conquering my home state Bengal. Bengal was the most productive state of the second most prosperous and productive country of the world at the time, and produced about 12% of the World's GDP. While the EIC was a company of one of the lesser backwater states of Europe, who were weaker than both Portugal and the Netherlands just a few decades back.
In a mordern comparison, it would be equivalent to a Company from Australia or New Zealand conquering all of California. I am still baffled as to how the company was able to do it (even with the support of Trators) and why no local power was able to retaliate or capitalise even after the province was conquered.
There religion part is false history written by romila thappar. Read actual history Asoka was already buddhist when he waged all war. He didnt convert post war.
Dharma chakra history - its imp part of oldest religion hinduism. Its krishnas dharma chakra sudharshan chakra that he is seen holding in his hand. Its 10000 yrs old, older than birth of buddha and asoka. Asoka used krishna dharma chakra as is kingdom symbol. Puesdo secular indian congress wanted to delink hinduism from everything so called it asoka chakra.
@@neilmaizi7584 Ah, ah yes. You definetly make perfect sense and aren't drinking Saffron Kool-Aide.....Neil
@@neilmaizi7584 How much do you ITcell guys get paid anyway? I mean....if it was enough, you'd actually bother to use and write the correct Religious Terminology or atleast the right English Grammer....and please don't tell me, that it's because you have no respect for the English Language....we are Indians, none of us do....
For people who aren't from a BJP ITcell, Symbols like the Swastika and the Buddhist Chakra have existed in Human Society far before the Dawn of Civilization. Infact the oldest Rock-Arts of the Swastika and cave painting of the the Chakra are more than 15,000 and 25,000 years old and were found in....*drum-rolls*....Ukraine and Russia.
And no, these most likely have nothing to do with Hinduism, definetly nothing to do with Hinduism in it's current form or even the Gupta Period Varna-Hindu Culture around which Hindutva was made up. These symbols however, may have been made by Proto-Aryans, the Ancestors of most of Europe, Middle-East and South Asia.
Thank god flag changed because old one is very difficult to draw
From a design point of view, India's current flag 🇮🇳 looks way better than the Union Jack 🇬🇧
NO
I think both look good
Would have been difficult to draw 😁
Concept of tricolor flags actually originated from European nationalist movements especially since French Revolution and Indian Constitution's Preamble also shares common slogans of French Revolution like Liberty, Equality/Egalitarian and Fraternity.
How's bindy fry chick
Indian. 1947. to. 2024
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Well and plus the Indian flag with the spinning wheel was used by an Indian renegade unit that was formed by the Imperial Japanese during World War II called the Indian National Army (INA). And they did not want to use a flag used by an enemy force an India did label them as traitors.
The INA enjoyed popular support at home, and when the british tried to put them to court martial over treason charges, riots erupted. Look up INA trials.
Although later the congress did distance themselves from SC Bose, the spinners wheel was the defacto symbol and the electoral mark of the indian national congress until the 80s.
@@excitableboy7031 Even though the Indian government refused to call them liberators or freedom fighters. And the Indians that fought for Imperial Japan thinking that India would’ve been better under them is so not true. And the so called “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” was a joke. Imperial Japan saw them selves as the “superior asian race”. Luckily most Indian troops stayed loyal to the British. Plus the Imperial Japanese killed hundreds of India POWs.
But they weren't a enemy force. They were a Indian Army that fought against English and Traitors who support the English.
@@mohammedabdul4832 Anyone who fought for the Imperial Japanese against the Allie’s were traitors.
@@history9034 anyone who didn't do it is a traitor. The Japanese gave India the opportunity to destroy all Angloid influence from its country and get freedom years earlier. The Japanese gave you their hand and you spit in it.
totally wrong interpretation of current flag
1:29 that elephant knows what the British are upto.
Ashoka Tano?
The colour in first horizontal section of India's flag from 1947 is still saffron.
The meaning of our flag colours has changed after independence. As described by former President S. Radhakrishnan, we are now taught that saffron represents sacrifice and courage, white represents peace and green represents prosperity (through agriculture). The wheel is derived from the Ashoka Chakra having 24 spikes, which represent continuous progress just like the cycle of time. So Indian National flag no longer represents any particular religion.
Chakra is imp in hinduism as its krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dhrama chakra. Asoka was born thousands of yrs latr who took this chakra as his symbol. And puesdo secular congress who wants to delink hinduism named it asoka chakra..when in reality history of krishnas sudharshan chakra aka dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka or buddha.. therefore chakra is imp to both buddhism and hinduism
Thanks for flag story. so many of us ^indians don't know about the 1921 flag and its story and also forgot about what *Ashoka Chakra* meant to be {wheel of eternal law} wow that was nice. in case to be more particular the colors of flag we call it saffron instead of orange and white, dark green
Its dharma chakra sudharshan chakra of krishna frm oldest religion hinduism. Krishna has this dharma wheel in his hand in idols. He preaches abt dharma with manifesting in avtar holding this chakra and guides arjun abt moral right and duties aka dharma in life. Asoka and buddha werent even born then. Asoka used this krishna dharma chakra as his kingdom symbol. And puesdo seculr congrss who wanted to delink it from himduism called it asoka chakra instead..where as dharma chakra history is older than asoka and buddha both. Its krishnas sudharshan dharma chakra
sun insignia on the British Indian flag is still used by the Indian cricket team.
They choose to put the chakra for far more than just religious reasons. Wheel represents the circle of life and death, and this symbolism is very important to Indian philosophy, including Islamic philosophy. Most importantly, the wheel is a symbol of imperial power that the new govt wanted to emulate
I am Canadian of mostly Scottish and English heritage. If I had an opinion regarding the flag of India, it would be irrelevant.
But your in the British commonwealth surely you have sympathy for the way the British shaped history
You are allowed to have an opinion regardless and it’s relevance is based on the credibility of your mind and not entirely your heritage. In my opinion
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw It's simple. We are being asked to express an opinion on something that is not our business. What kind of flag should India have? How is this not shockingly obvious?
You forgot Ireland. The Butcher-Apron is the super imposement of thee flags. St Andrew, St George and St Patrick. Today it a false flag because Ireland is no longer a member of the Union but, the flag of St Patrick hasn't been removed. Yes, the India flag represent democracy, so maybe the UK should adopt it!!
who hurt you? 😂
Hope you meant that the UK should adopt a more inclusive flag and not necessarily the Indian flag
@@michael3088 Ask the Irish.
The flag of the British Raj didn't exist. The Raj had no flag but it's just a red field with the high commissioner India medal.
In the end, they got their own way, without too much ado. Then the real struggle got underway
Are you serious? If you think there wasn't a massive struggle, you are uneducated about India's freedom struggle.
@@viklondon3466 Vikram,, I'm 73, and was in India and Kashmir in 1989. Don't tell me what you think that I don't know. It's exceedingly disrespectful.
@@christopherellis2663 Your age has nothing to do with your level of knowledge. A fool is a fool, whether old or young. And being in a particular place at a particular time gives you absolutely no right over facts.
@@christopherellis2663 also, Kashmir is part of India, so you shouldn't say 'Kashmir AND India' you could have said 'India, specifically Kashmir'
Perhaps you didn't explain yourself well enough. Regardless, being offended doesn't make you correct.
With all due respect sir
Our struggle was bloody as hell
Several massacares by the british
After many rebellions from the indian territories starting in 1857
The british had no plan of leaving till 1920
They knew they had to leave after indian troops started to mutiny
The reason why vikram spoke the way he did is because your ignorance of the blood that was flown that made my land holy
Hey History With Hilbert I have A Question for You and that is What happened to the old Austrian flag You know the one that has two stripes one black and one Yellow/Gold
P.S the modern Austrian flag has three horizontal stripes two Red and one white in the middle
I thought New Zealand and Australia would change their flags by now
Well, New Zealand tried, but everyone just voted to keep the old flag.
@@vqlcano1698 doesn’t help the way they organised that referendum.
NZ should have a lazer kiwi on their flag.
NZ came close to changing their flag but a slight majority voted to retain the current flag.
Expect to see changes happen once the current Queen passes away (she can't live forever, damnit)
Good chance NZ and Australia might change their relationship to the UK and very likely see a new flag.
@@savioblanc I don’t think there’s much support for changing the flags. If somethings not broken then don’t fix it.
Idea of United India existed way before British occupation of India.
Not very much
It's called Bharat Hindustan
@@jirachi-wishmaker9242 darling the idea of so called Hindustan was more like idea of Europe based on religious integration and not on Political or Economic integration
@@prathamsaxena9503 what's name of India during Mughal & Sultanate again?
@@jirachi-wishmaker9242 You mean North Indian Subcontinent,it was Bharat/ Hindustan
Now tell me what was South India and Northeast India was called?
There was a small grammar mistake. The person who designed my country (India)'s flag was called 'Pingli Venkayya' not Pingali Venkayya with an 'a'. Otherwise, the video was good.
Fun fact: India became Independent at exact midnight: Jawaharlal Nehru had made a speech on this.
What happened to Indian flag?
Ans- nothing, the flags you shown were never been official flag of independent Indian union. Those were flags of british raj of India, some political parties and some pre-independence revolutionary movements
What a stupid comment
All these people calling the colonial flag "aesthetically pleasing" need their eyes checked.
Why? It looks great.
I like it
@@Valencetheshireman927 It asymmetric as fuck with bad color pallete.
I hate it, we love our national flag
The star looks cool
Nice man
I find India to be a fascinating place, like things happened differently, we could have had a balkanised India, and the major players there having an east Atlantic trade company, with Europe being the modern day country
The description of the union flag is totally erroneous. It is not Britain but England, Nothern Ireland (Ireland originally) and Scotland but also Wales but not the modern welsh flag
"Aesthetically pleasing" ?
because it looked like shit before
I thought the Ashoka Chakra replaced the spinning wheel due to its association to a specific political movement.
There is a little nod to the colonial flag, the chakra beaming out a little like a star.
The Ashoka chakra was adopted by the constituent Assembly of India, which was headed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who basically founded Neo-Buddhism as a sort of emancipation of the lower castes. That was where the final flag got its Ashoka Chakra
As for the symbol itself, It is adopted from the Lion Capitol of Sarnath (which India uses as her state seal), which was built by the Mauryan Empire, which ruled in the 200s BCE and unified basically the entire subcontinent under one banner, Emperor Ashoka's. incidentally, they also built the Bamyan Buddhas.
Ashokan edicts are found from Gandhara (modern Afghanistan) to Kalinga (Modern state of Odisha) and beyond as well.
No! No association with colonial flag! Infact disassociating ourselves from the looters was the whole point of the independence movement!
Its knwn as asoka chakra only coz congress named it so to delink from hinduism. Dharma chakra is older than birth of asoka and buddha both. Its 5000 yrs old krishnas dharma chakra he holds in hand while preachin to arjun about dharma. His sudharshan chakra. Asoka used krishna aka his predecessors ancestors symbol chakra as his kingdom symbol
The flag that Mountbatten suggested was for the Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan, the last step toward independence i.e, not the flag for independent India and Pakistan. The basic idea is to symbolise that the transition is peaceful and not abrupt, which may contribute to unrest during the transition (as in, the British is still keeping watch during the Dominion period, so there's nothing to worry if something does go wrong). This flags would then be replaced with the independent country flags once full government institution and the country have stabilized within the new country .
Well, politics get in the way as both Pakistan and Indian politician would prefer to rush through it, so any symbol of British hanging around would damage them politically. Thus, the big mess of Partition.
Yeah yeah, let's free the Brits of all the blame. They were not blameless here btw. And whether or not the flags had the Jack on it or not, India and Pakistan WERE dominions for 3 whole years. But the Brits didn't do anything to prevent whatever horrors happened at the time of the partition. However, the people are more to blame than anyone else.
@@mihirojha4475 What can the British do? Even the drawings of the map were rushed under pressure by Indian and Pakistani politicians. A job that would take a decade to sort out is forced upon the committee to be done in 1 year, just because they are too lazy to settle it themselves and would prefer to have the British fail it rather than themselves. Why do you think the new boundary wasn't published earlier but rather kept a secret until the last minute by India and Pakistan? Had the partition happened during British rule, at the very least they would be able to plan for it whatever happened after but the politicians are too stubborn to even see how it would create a disaster.
Although the British weren't blameless, you kinda need to admit that you have some stupid people too. I mean, what if they all follow Gandhi and have no partition? What if instead of trying to rush the independence process, they start discussion on which area are Pakistan and which were India, delaying it until all have been settled instead of letting the British do it? Lots of problems could be avoided if Nehru and Jinnah were able to resist the pressure of their followers to rush the partition.
They old flag looked so plain
Hey Hilbert, the colour is not orange, but Kesari! Kesari is deep saffron.
Thank you!
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