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Lord Indra's salute
The first public flag salutation ceremony was held in the afternoon of auguat 15th . Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the national flag at Prince's park (near India gate) against a clear warm summer sky. To the amazement of all present a rainbow appeared on the horizon from nowhere. People interpreted the occurrence as the salute of Lord Indra to the Tiranga. Lord Mountbatten who watched the ceremony from a distance mentioned this strange phenomena in his 17th report dated Aug. 16th ,1947 submitted to the crown. He wrote that the 3 colors i.e. saffron, white and green in the flag of the new dominion resmbeled the hues of the rainbow.
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