Independence Day 2018: 5 pictures that show how Indian Flag evolved over the years

The present Indian tricolour flag was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947. / Source: Wikipedia

The Swaraj Flag, which was officially adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1931. It became the popularly used symbol of the independence movement./ Source: Wikipedia

The flag introduced by Mahatma Gandhi in Congress session of 1921, after modification had a spinning wheel (Charkha) and had colours red, green and white. / Source: Wikipedia

Tricolour flag (green, yellow and red),representing the Indian Independence movement, also known as Vande Mataram flag was created after the partition of Bengal in 1905. It had eight white lotuses on the upper green band which represented the eight provinces. It had a sun and a crescent on the bottom red band and ‘Vande Mataram’ was written in Hindi on the yellow band. In the picture is a slightly modified version of the flag raised by Bhikaji Cama on 22 August 1907, at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany./ Source: Wikipedia

This was the first flag of British India. It had a Union Jack at the upper right quadrant and a star of India capped by the royal crown in the right half. Source: Wikipedia