Happy Republic Day !
26 January 2009
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 ?