Who among the following designed the Swaraj flag?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

Telangana High Court Junior Assistant Official Paper (Held On: 05 Nov 2019 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer Mahatma Gandhi.

Key Points

By 1921, Mahatama Gandhi had designed the Swaraj flag.
It was a tricolour flag (red, green and white).
It has a spinning wheel in the centre which represented the Gandhian ideal of self-help.
The flag became a symbol of defiance.
It was used as a symbol of collective belonging among people and to promote feelings of nationalism.

Additional Information

During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed.
It had eight lotuses representing eight provinces of British India, and a crescent moon, representing Hindus and Muslims.