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Amongst icons and symbols, flag of our country helped in developing the feeling of nationalism. (i) During the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, the very first tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed. (ii) It had eight lotuses, symbolising eight provinces of British India and a crescent moon, representing Hindus and Muslims. (iii) In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi designed the Swaraj Flag. (iv) This particular flag had a tricolour (red, green, white) and had a spinning wheel in the centre, representing the Gandhian ideal of self-help. (v) As the national movement developed, nationalist leaders became more and more aware of such icons and symbols in unifying people and inspiring in them a feeling of nationalism.
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