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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

EXHIBITION ON THE INDIAN NATIONAL FLAG



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. 


 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 areshort 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


1 comment:

  1. Hi Mr. Sekhar, I have seen a lot of blogs that feature topical postage stamps, but this blog of yours I see is very unique as it mostly features “flags”. I have never been to India yet, but I would love to go there once when I get the chance to book a vacation getaway. In case you or your readers are not aware of it, I would like to introduce one of my favorite stamp websites, StampWorld.com. I checked out their catalogue for India http://www.stampworld.com/stamps/India/ and here you will see stamps that were issued in India. I remember that our neighbors who are of Indian descent have celebrated Eid-al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) on July 28, 2014. I am amazed at their devoutness and dedication to fasting for a long time and then enjoying a hearty feast with their loved ones.

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