On the eve of India’s 68th Independence Day on 14th
August 2014, the Rabindranath Tagore Centre-Kolkata, the cultural flagship of
the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India will host a unique exhibition on Indian National Flag commemorating the 68th anniversary
of its adoption.
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The exhibition will showcase a surprising rich collections
of the Indian National Flag symbols on visual objects - sourced from – a
plethora of materials, namely, postage stamps, news-paper clippings, books and
various other myriad articles and even unconventional sources like match box
labels, propaganda leaflets, 78RPM gramophone records, et al, have been pieced
together to reconstruct the history of ‘Flags of India’ right from the
Vedic periods. Perhaps, the collections itself is only one in kind in our
country at the moment. The
exhibition explores and celebrates the rich and colourful history of the Indian
National Flag and the process by which the National Flag in its present form
was born on 22nd July 1947, its uses and abuses, etiquette and
protocols, etc.
Flags
are ‘short hand of history’.
It will be also a tribute to the heroes of our freedom
struggle, who fell for the cause of the flag during various phases of our
freedom movements. Going through the exhibition one will find, many, unknown,
or, ‘little known’ or forgotten ‘flag events’ - which were once
pivotal in drawing volunteers - young and old, men and women - to free
our country from the foreign rulers – The Dutch, British, French and the
Portuguese. There will be dedicated sections on each of them and the impacts
they had on our societies since the ‘Age of discovery’.
The brochure
The Venue: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, 9A, Ho Chi Minh
Sarani, Kolkata 700071
The Gallery: Abanindranath Gallery
