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Detailed explanation-1: -In Assam and Gujarat, giant national flags were unfurled on 72nd Independence Day raising the patriotic fervour. giant flag above their heads while they were moving on the main thoroughfare.

Detailed explanation-2: -NCC. The first national flag in India is said to have been hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta now Kolkata. The flag was composed of three horizontal strips of red, yellow and green.

Detailed explanation-3: -The national flag of independent India was first unfurled at a midnight ceremony held in New Delhi’s Constitution Hall on the night of 14-15 August 1947.

Detailed explanation-4: -Every year on Independence Day, the tricolour is hoisted by the Prime Minister of India at the Red Fort. The national flag is tied at the lower part of the flagpole and it is raised by the Prime Minister.

Detailed explanation-5: -When will the flag be hoisted on August 15, 2022? While tricolors will be seen everywhere from August 13-15 because of the Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign. PM Modi will be unfurling the Tricolour at the Red fort while addressing the public. The flag hoisting will take place at 7:30 am followed by PM Narendra Modi’s speech.