A Special cover was released to celebrate National Flag Day at Bengaluru on 22nd July 2023
The Indian National Flag was designed Pingali Venkayya in 1923 and had saffron, white and green stripes with the spinning wheel placed in the white section. IT was hoisted on 13th April 1923 in Nagpur during an event commemorating the Jallianwallah Bagh massacre and named as Swaraj Flag. On July 22, 1947 the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Swaraj Flag as the National Flag of Sovereign India with the Ashok Chakra replacing the spinning wheel.
Cover Code: KTK/21/2023
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