Question
What type of flag was designed during the 'Swadeshi Movement' in Bengal? Explain its main features.
Solution
From the late nineteenth century the search for symbols of national unification emerged as one of the most potent driving factor of the national movement. With this aim the nationalists in Bengal designed a tri-colour flag for India. The three colours in this flag were red, green and yellow. This flag depicted both India as under the British and also that India which comprised of different sections of people. Thus the eight lotuses weer drawn on the flag to depict the eight provinces under the British India and a crescent shaped moon was depicted to represent the Hindus and Muslims.
