08-22-2008, 11:51 PM
Aug 22 1907
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bhikhaiji Cama is best known for having unfurled a "Flag of Indian Independence" on <b>August 22, 1907</b>, at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany. That flag, a slight modification of the Calcutta Flag, was co-designed by <b>Cama, Veer Savarkar and Shyamji Krishna Varma</b>, and would later serve as a template upon which the current national flag of India is based.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
A little details about the flag: (link)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This flag had green at the top, saffron in the centre and red at the bottom, the green standing for Islam and the saffron for both Hinduism and Buddhism. The flag had eight lotuses in a line on the green band representing the eight provinces of British India. The words Vande Mataram, in the Devanagari script, were inscribed on the central band. On the lowest band, towards the hoist of the flag was a crescent, and towards the fly a sun. The flag was jointly designed by Bhikaiji Cama, Veer Savarkar and Shyamji Krishna Varma.[4] After the outbreak of World War I, this flag became known as the Berlin Committee Flag after it was adopted by the Indian Revolutionaries at the Berlin Committee. This flag was actively used in Mesopotamia during the First World War. The Ghadar Party flag was also used in the United States as a symbol for India for a short period of time.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bhikhaiji Cama is best known for having unfurled a "Flag of Indian Independence" on <b>August 22, 1907</b>, at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany. That flag, a slight modification of the Calcutta Flag, was co-designed by <b>Cama, Veer Savarkar and Shyamji Krishna Varma</b>, and would later serve as a template upon which the current national flag of India is based.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
A little details about the flag: (link)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This flag had green at the top, saffron in the centre and red at the bottom, the green standing for Islam and the saffron for both Hinduism and Buddhism. The flag had eight lotuses in a line on the green band representing the eight provinces of British India. The words Vande Mataram, in the Devanagari script, were inscribed on the central band. On the lowest band, towards the hoist of the flag was a crescent, and towards the fly a sun. The flag was jointly designed by Bhikaiji Cama, Veer Savarkar and Shyamji Krishna Varma.[4] After the outbreak of World War I, this flag became known as the Berlin Committee Flag after it was adopted by the Indian Revolutionaries at the Berlin Committee. This flag was actively used in Mesopotamia during the First World War. The Ghadar Party flag was also used in the United States as a symbol for India for a short period of time.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->