Scribblings from Life

Hi Everyone,

Wishing you all a very Happy Republic Day !

I was just surfing around to see some history about India and some facts. I thought it was indeed something which was nice to share. I think every Indian should be aware of these facts.

• Do we know that the Indian National Flag’s designer is Pingali Venkayya ?
• Do we know that in 1904, Sister Nivedita an Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda was the first to unfurl the first flag for India which was later called sister Nivedita Flag ?
• Do we know that the music of the current version of “Jana Gana mana” is derived from the composition by “Ram singh thakur” ?
• Do we know that the scientific name of Peacock (Our National Bird) is “Pava Cristatus”
• Enjoy peacock you tube video at Peacock calling
• Tigers are located mostly in eastern and southern Asia

• Do we know that apart from India, Tiger is a national animal for Bangladesh, North Korea, South Korea and Malaysia.
• Do we know that “Banyan” is our National tree ?