Ancient of Days. India, among nations, is the ancient of days. Before even China, there was India. Before human memory congealed from legend into record, India loomed from the unimaginable reach ...

Then came a mile-long procession of boys & girls marching to seven brass bands and gaily decked out in the hues of the Dominion of India’s tricolor: green, white and orange.

India agreed to come to his assistance, but only if Singh would let India claim dominion over Kashmir as a precondition. The Maharaja agreed. India sent its army to Kashmir, which drove out the ...

The flag, in its present form, was adopted during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947, just twenty days before India’s independence. On August 15, 1947, it became the official ...