- The song Vande Mataram, composed in sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chetterji, was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggle for freedom. - It has an equal status with Jana-gana-mana. - It was first sung at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress....

- The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version as the National Anthem of India on 24th Janauary 1950. It was first sung on 27th December, 1911 at the Kolkata Session of the Indian Nationl congress. - It has five stanzas with first stanza containing the full version of the National Anthem - The duration of the national anthem is...

- It is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. - Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the Capitol is crowned by the Wheel of...

- THE National flag is a horizonatal tricolour of deep saffron (kesaria) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. - The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three. In the centre of the while band is a navy-blue wheel which represents the chakra. - Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of As...

Abul Fazl : Sixteenth century Muslim scholar and historian of Akbar's time. Alberuni : Born as Abu Rihan Mohammad, he came to India with Sultan Mahmud. His 'Tarikh-i-Hind' gives much infornation about the Hindus. their thoughts and customs. Bharavi : Sixth century Sanskrit poet who wrote Kiratarjuniyam. Bhartrihari : Sanskrit writer of seventh century who is credited with three Satakas. He was...