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ListofNationalSymbolsofIndia
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TheRepublicofIndiahasseveralofficialnationalsymbolsincludingahistoricdocument,a
flag,anemblem,ananthem,amemorialtoweraswellasseveralnationalheroes.Allthe
symbolswerepickedupatvarioustimes.
ThedesignofthenationalflagwasadoptedbytheConstituentAssemblyjustbefore
independence,on22July1947.Therearealsoseveralothersymbolsincludingthenational
animal,bird,flower,fruitandtree.

NationalEmblem:TheNationalEmblemofIndiaisanadaptationoftheBuddhistLion
capitalofAshokaatSarnath,nearVaranasiinUttarPradesh.

NationalAnimal:TheTigeristheNationalAnimalofIndia.ItisthesymbolofIndia'swealthof
wildlife.Themagnificenttiger,Pantheratigrisisastripedanimal.

NationalBird:ThePeacock(PavoCristatus),istheNationalBirdofIndia.Itisthesymbolof
qualitieslikebeautyandgrace.

NationalFlag:TheNationalFlagisahorizontaltricolourofdeepsaffron(Kesari)atthetop,
whiteinthemiddleandthedarkgreenatthebottomandabluewheel(chakra)with24sticks
atthecentre.

NationalFruit:TheMango(MangiferraIndica)istheNationalFruit.Ithasbeencultivatedin
Indiasincetimeimmemorial.

NationalTree:TheNationalTreeofIndiaistheBanyan(Ficusbengalensis)Tree.Thishuge
treetowersoveritsneighborsandhasthewidesttrunk.

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NationalSport:SportFieldHockey,inwhichIndiahasanimpressiverecordwitheight
Olympicmedals,isconsideredastheNationalSport.However,HomeMinistryhassaidthat
officially,nosporthasbeenaccorded,thestatusofnationalSport.

NationalAnthem:JanaGanaMana...thesongwascomposedoriginallyinBengaliby
RabindranathTagore,adoptedinitsHindiversionisourNationalAnthem.

NationalSong:ThesongVandeMataram,composedinSanskritbyBankimchandra
Chatterji,isourNationalsong.

NationalCalender:TheNationalCalenderbasedontheSakaErawithChaitraasitsfirst
monthandanormalyearof365dayswasadoptedfrom22ndMarch,1957.

NationalFlower:Lotus,scientificallyknownasNelumbonuciferaistheNationalFlowerof
India.

OtherNationalSymbolsofIndia
NationalSentence:SatyamevJayate
FatheroftheNation:MahatmaGandhi
NationalForeignPolicy:NonAlignment
NationalInformationLetter:WhiteLetter
NationalCurrency:Rupee
NationalFestivals:
RepublicDay(26thJanuary)
IndependenceDay(15thAugust)
GandhiJayanti(2ndOctober)
NationalRiver:Ganga
NationalAquaticAnimal:Dolphin(Platanistagangetica)
NationalHeritageAnimal:Elephant

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