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	[[File:Flag of India 1906 (Calcutta Flag).svg\|thumb\|220px\|The Calcutta Flag]]		[[File:Flag of India 1906 (Calcutta Flag).svg\|thumb\|220px\|The Calcutta Flag]]
	The '''Calcutta flag''' was one of the first unofficial [[Flag of India\|flags of India]]. It was designed by [[Sachindra Prasad Bose]] and [[Hemchandra Kanungo]] and unfurled on 7 August 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square (~~Grish~~ Park), [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Our national flag\|last=Singh, K. V.\|date=2007\|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India\|oclc=1110172419}}</ref>		[[File:Flag of India 1907 (Nationalists Flag).svg\|thumb\|220px\|The alternative version.]]
			The '''Calcutta flag''' was one of the first unofficial [[Flag of India\|flags of India]]. It was designed by [[Sachindra Prasad Bose]] and [[Hemchandra Kanungo]] and unfurled on 7 August 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square (Greer Park), [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Our national flag\|last=Singh, K. V.\|date=2007\|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India\|oclc=1110172419}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-08-10 \|title=জাতীয় পতাকার প্রথম রূপকার হেমচন্দ্র কানুনগো আজও ইতিহাসে উপেক্ষিত \|url=https://bengali.news18.com/news/west-midnapore/hemchandra-kanungo-the-first-designer-of-the-national-flag-is-still-neglected-in-history-pbd-866078.html \|access-date=2023-08-15 \|website=News18 Bengali \|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-09-16 \|title=Parsi Bagan Lane: A Land Of Freedom Struggle - Asiana Times \|url=https://asianatimes.com/parsi-bagan-lanea-land-of-freedom-struggle/ \|access-date=2023-08-15 \|language=en-US}}</ref> The "flag of Indian independence", which was hoisted by [[Madam Bhikaji Cama]] at the International Socialist conference in [[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]], was based on Calcutta flag.<ref name=":0" />

	The flag had three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange, the centre yellow and the bottom green in colour. It had eight half-opened lotus flowers on the top stripe representing the eight provinces of India and a picture of the sun and ~~a Islamic Style~~ crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्दे मातरम् (''[[Vande Mataram]]'', meaning "I ~~do homage~~ to ~~the mother~~") was inscribed in the ~~center~~ in [[Devanagari]].		The flag had three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange, the centre yellow and the bottom green in colour. It had eight half-opened lotus flowers on the top stripe representing the eight [[Presidencies and provinces of British India\|provinces]] of [[British Raj\|British India]] and a picture of the sun and an crescent moon on the bottom stripe. {{lang\|sa\|वन्दे मातरम्}} (''[[Vande Mataram]]'', meaning "Mother, I bow to thee!") was inscribed in the centre in [[Devanagari]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=India \|first=Hachette \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXenEAAAQBAJ&dq=calcutta+flag&pg=PT223 \|title=Limca Book of Records 2023 \|date=2023-01-22 \|publisher=Hachette India \|isbn=978-93-93701-49-7 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Livemint \|date=2022-08-14 \|title=75th Independence Day: History and Significance of Indian Flag \|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/75th-independence-day-history-and-significance-of-indian-flag-11660448998750.html \|access-date=2023-08-15 \|website=mint \|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[~~Flag~~ of India]]		*[[List of Indian flags\|Flags of India]]
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{{short description|Unofficial flags of India}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
[[File:Flag of India 1906 (Calcutta Flag).svg|thumb|220px|The Calcutta Flag]]
The '''Calcutta flag''' was one of the first unofficial [[Flag of India|flags of India]]. It was designed by [[Sachindra Prasad Bose]] and [[Hemchandra Kanungo]] and unfurled on 7 August 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square (Grish Park), [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Our national flag|last=Singh, K. V.|date=2007|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|oclc=1110172419}}</ref>

The flag had three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange, the centre yellow and the bottom green in colour. It had eight half-opened lotus flowers on the top stripe representing the eight provinces of India and a picture of the sun and a Islamic Style crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्दे मातरम् (''[[Vande Mataram]]'', meaning "I do homage to the mother") was inscribed in the center in [[Devanagari]].

==See also==
*[[Flag of India]]
{{Spoken Wikipedia|Calcuttaflag.ogg|date=2006-05-07}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Flags of India]]
[[Category:History of Kolkata]]
[[Category:Unofficial flags]]
[[Category:Flags introduced in 1906]]

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