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NationalEmblem
TheNationalEmblemisanadaptationfromtheSarnathLionCapitalofAshoka.
Thefoursmalleranimalsatthebottomofnationalemblemarehorseandbull(visible)andlionandelephant(notvisible).
TheNationalEmblemwasadoptedbytheGovernmentofIndiaon26January1950.
'SatyamevaJayate'inscribedbelowhasbeentakenfromtheMundakaUpanishad.
NationalAnthem
Thenationalanthem'JanaGanaMana'wasfirstsungatCalcuttasessionofIndianNationalCongressin1911,27Dec.
ItwasadoptedbytheIndianconstitutionon24Jan1950.
ItsEnglishrenderinghasbeengivenbyTagorehimself.
ThesongwascomposedoriginallyinBengalibyRabindranathTagore,theNationalAnthemisitsHindiversion.
Thecompletesongconsistsoffivestanzas.ThefirststanzacontainsthefullversionoftheNationalAnthem.
Theplayingtimeforfullversionofthesongis52seconds.
NationalSong
ThenationalsongVandeMataramhasbeentakenfromBankimChandraChatterjisAnandMath.
Itwasfirstsungat1896sessionofINC.
ItsEnglishrenderinghasbeengivenbyShriAurobindo.
NationalCalendar
ThenationalcalendarbasedontheSakaErawasadoptedon22Mar1957.
Chaitraisthefirstmonthoftheyearwhose1stdayfallson22Marchnormallyandon21Marchinaleapyear.
Thenationalcalendaralsohas365/366days
Chaitrahas30daysnormallyand31daysinaleapyear.
NationalFlag
Thedesignofthenationalflagwasadoptedon22July1947.
Theratioofwidthoftheflagtoitslengthistwotothree.
ThedesignofthewheelatthecentreistakenfromtheabacusoftheSarnathLionCapitalofAshoka.
The'Dharmachakra'(wheel)atthecentrehas24spokes.
ThedisplayoftheNationalFlagisgovernedbyFlagCodeofIndia,2002,whichtookeffecton26Jan2002.
AspertheprovisionsoftheFlagCodeofIndia,2002,thereshallbenorestrictiononthedisplayoftheNationalFlagbymembersofgeneralpublic,private
organisations,educationalinstitutions,etc.,excepttotheextentprovidedintheEmblemsandNames(PreventionofImproperUse)Act,1950andthe
PreventionofInsultstoNationalHonourAct,1971andanyotherlawenactedonthesubject.
OtherNationalSymbols
ThenationalbirdisPeacock(Pavocristatus)
ThenationalfruitisMango(Magniferaindica)
ThenationalflowerisLotus(NelumboNucifera)
ThenationaltreeisBanyan(Ficusbenghalensis)
ThenationalanimalisTiger(Pantheratigris)
ThenationalaquaticanimalisRiverDolphin(Platanistagangetica)
ThenationalriveristheGanges

ComparisonNationalAnthemandNationalSong
NationalAnthem NationalSong
Name JanaGanaMana VandeMataram
Author RabindranathTagore BankimChandraChatterji
Originallywrittenin Bengali Sanskrit
1stsungin 1911,Kolkata 1896,Kolkata
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NationalAnthem NationalSong
Englishrenderingby Tagore ShriAurobindo

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