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Exciting Facts
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Tiranga Unfurled
The Tiranga was hoisted for the first time on the ramparts of the Red Fort on the morning of Aug. 16th by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (It was a Saturday at 8:30 am and not on Aug. 15th 1947 as is commonly believed). It was from 1948 onwards that the flag hoisting ceremony was started at the Red fort on Aug. 15th .
Interestingly, the incharge of the light house at Minicoy in the Lakshadeep and Minicoy islands was ignorant of the transfer of power from British to Indian hands and kept on flying the Union Jack till 1953-54. Once the inadvertent lapse was discovered it was immediately rectified. These days a bright 9' x 6' Tiranga flies over the light house.
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