His four-headed-lion capital (column head) is the official emblem of the Republic of India, and his “chakra”, or wheel, a Buddhist symbol, sits at the centre of the Indian flag.

The flag, in its present form, was adopted during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947, just twenty days before India’s independence. On August 15, 1947, it became the official ...

When we see India’s map today made up of twenty-eight states and eight Union Territories, it’s difficult to imagine India’s pre-Independence state lines. Apart from the eight large British ...

When users search for ‘Bharat’ on Google Maps, it now displays the same results as a search for ‘India’. This is consistent across both the Hindi and English versions of Google Maps.

India’s 75th: 40 Years Before Freedom, Bhikaiji Cama Hoisted The First Indian Flag in Stuttgart. By QUAID NAJMI. The moment of freedom fighter Bhikaiji Patel-Cama hoisting the Indian flag in ...