India Banned Its Own Flag.*
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- India's flag was for decades banned. For most of the Indian population. In India.
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question: why not make up your own indian flag with the same design, but without the blue thingy, say it is the unofficial flag of india and do whatever you want?
Don't go to India
And that is why Germany uses a separate official government flag with the eagle on it that only the gvoernment can use.
I think Austria does the same
except unfortunately nobody gives much of a hoot and the flag with the eagle on it is seen quite a lot outside its permissible area of use.
@@vmycode5142Not really, the eagle on the government flag is not the same as the one on the german code of arms.
There's another German flag that no one is allowed to use.
Peru too ig
And yet somehow after the republic day parade at your local park, the floor basically has the indian national flag as texture.
Yeah because the code currently applies to large cotton flags intended to be used as a representation of country or something. Small paper ones dont come under that is what i have heard
The floor in India is made out of India.
I honestly think both those laws were good ideas. Private companies and random ass mfs should not be carrying the flag, only the Government of India reserving the right is correct. Just look at this bs, I bought undies with the flag on them wtf.
Wait isn't that illegal under prevention of insults to national honour act@@dubdq3844
Yeah that’s true he is spitting fax
7:51 a true Indian law classic, define overly broad laws such that you can charge anyone you don't like with it if you try hard enough, even if you can't, dealing with the legal system is a punishment in itself.
A true Indira Gandhi classic
@@friedsugar2701 it is not like anyone after her try to change this like all Indian politician are like this
@ They all benefit from it, be it this or colonial laws.
@@friedsugar2701 except for like a two year period after defence of india act invoked due to the sino-indian war expired (iirc), there have always been far worse preventive detention laws in Indian law books, every state probably has there own variation of goondas act, the law Indira Gandhi and her cabal used to conduct mass arrests (MISA, also COFEPOSA which is still around) is not much different from TADA, POTA and their current incarnation UAPA. Unless there are actual consequences for police, bureaucrats and politicians for wrongful imprisonment and litigation, these will keep coming back, not to mention some future police reform and constitutional ammendment preventing adoption and execution of such laws to begin with.
@@Observer-f5k It's actually pretty hard too revoke these laws, especially with the heap of corrupt and manipulative politicians (Mamta ahh), although since the government encouraged flying the flag at every building on Republic and Independence days, the law seems to have to more lenient in practice than before.
Brazil also has some similar law, but NO ONE CARES, not even the government, and I doubt that if anyone was ever prosecuted for it.
The only time I remember they cared was when WWE made a tour there and Chris Jericho stepped on it when he was doing heel persona.
When I think of 🇧🇷, I think of sport uniforms, including speedos.
@@outpostcheerfuloysteryeah, that's mostly because of the football (the REAL one :trollface:) team. When I was younger I would also be associating it with sports.
Currently sitting on my bed in india this video feels like something else
@blueshoes7519 i am brazilian and honestly idc about the stereotype but i hate football 😭 😭 😭
It's not as strict as y'all think only if you intentionally damage or burn it then it's gonna be a problem.
i mean the law about flying the flag was originally implemented during British rule in India to prevent people from revolting and raising their voices and somehow managed to stick around
@mrhampter4216 prolly cause right after we got into multiple wars with our lovely neighbours.
@@shakzgaming1 yea that happened too
No, the law is actually that strict. But we all do know that laws in India are sloppily implemented
@@aravindmuthu5748 bruh do you even know what strict means? Lmao contradicting your own statement
Indian prime minister literally runs a program called ‘Har ghar tiranga’ which translates to every house should fly the Tricolor Indian national flag
haven't reached us though
only on special occasions tho
Yeah he changed the flag code in 2022 for the same reason so now it's more lenient
@@1xznyy bro you have to buy your own, no one is giving free flags 🤣🤣
You didn't watch the video did ya? Figured.
Nowadays in India, it's not really that strict of a thing anymore. Many people keep flags on their roofs, badges of the flag are worn, and even schools tell students to bring a small flag with them on National Holiday celebrations. Most people (atleast from what ive seen) are thankfully considerate enough to not intentionally disrespect it and neither does anyone commonly call the police on someone for using the flag. Hope this helps see the ground reality a bit better!
I second this
@@Diddygriddy666 thanks
i didnt know that indian constitution got that drip!
Rightttt
As an Indian neither did I
I am Indian but even I don’t know all the laws of flag and most people of India don’t know what happened between in 1948 to 2000 history
I would like a shout out to my Indian fellows! 🇧🇷🤝🇮🇳
1948to 1999 bcuz everyone knows kargil stories
Are you old enough to have lived in this period? Because it's not part of history.
@@psycox3869 just tell me what happened after emergency time and what happened in 1985?
@@ArnavA-un5gk no we do know a bits like 1965,1971 wars 1984 sikh riots, emergency, 1990s kashmri hindu genocide, opening of economy in 1992
I met Naveen Jindal in 2013, thats all he talked about.
Oh my god, is this why Top Gear had Richard paint the flag of Mexico on his mini during their India trip? I mean, I was sure it was scripted, but I never though there would be a real reason behind that
Those guys broke a lot more laws than just flag code on that trip. Leaving the cars on a mountain, the train stunt, that party etc, etc. It was probably not to upset the general people, as the bonnet of a car does get mud on it.
@ it's very strange watching top gear now and knowing or realizing how many scenes must have been scripted, but somehow every funny moment still hits
Indians do take way too much pride in Indian flag.
We mostly only fly it on national days, but EVERYONE fly it with pride
Ok now give me proof of that EVERYONE
@@IndianKat key words"but everyone fly it with pride" he isnt saying everyone flys it(although that is the case in mumbai on national days) hes saying everyone that does, does it with pride
@@mrhampter4216 most do it because they have to. It is similar to how national anthem is imposed on school students. I'm sure most are unwilling to stand outside in the sun to recite all these anthem and song.
@@IndianKat based
@@IndianKat I dont know which school you went to, but we usually sang it in the stadium stands and it was glorious. If you don't want to sing the national anthem, just don't sing it lmao, it's not compulsory. (you do have to stand in attention tho, that's just a matter of respect for the country)
As an American, I’ll die on the hill that Texas v. Johnson is the single most “American” case heard by the Supreme Court.
The flag represents our right of free expression including but not limited to burning said flag to represent dismay with the state of affairs.
We do have a Flag Code, but it's strictly a suggestion. It is a law saying "This is how the government PREFERS you use the flag," but you don't have to follow it. As long as you're not causing harm (e.g. throwing a burning flag at someone or onto their house), you're generally fine.
So what do you think about burning the pride flag? Mexican flag? Soviet flag?
@@Steelers1180 A yes LGBT is famously a country. But all of those are legal too. No one's forcing you to like people who burn the flag, the case was about if they have the legal right to do it. You're not going to go to prison in the US for burning a Soviet flag
@@Steelers1180 That's fine too
actually the Flag code explicitly allows burning. in some cases it requires it.
however humping the flag (like trump does on a regular bases) or waring it as underware; That is disrespecting the flag.
*Note!!*
Obviously, when someone uses a flag without the respect it deserves, it feels wrong to a nationalist. However, hoisting the flag in private residences or at such places where it's most needed is also important. In 2022, the government amended the Flag Code of India, allowing members of the public, private organizations, or educational institutions to hoist/display the National Flag on all days or occasions, in accordance with the dignity and honor of the National Flag. The amendment also states, "where the Flag is displayed in the open or on the house of a member of the public, it may be flown day and night." These changes were also reflected in the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, emphasizing the deserved respect and dignity for the flag.
Some points of note:
1) 1950 Emblem act only prevents commercial use of the flag ie. Selling steel beams with the Flag, and had no say in non commercial uses.
2) In 1950, 500 rupee had the same buying power as 50k rupee today, and given the exchange rate at the time and inflation comes out to around $1300 equivalent of today.
3) The 1971 Honour act is just against defamation of national sentiment while using a flag or any associated imagery, and did not prevent regular non commercial flag flying
4) The original Flag code of 1982 is what advices limits flag flying to special occasions, which was later superceded by Flag code of 2002 (not 2004) to simply state that anyone is allowed to fly the flag whenever they want.
5) It was through this code of 1987 that the police could justify any flag flying as an offense and then charge people with defamation of national honour (that's just corruption for ya)
6) As for Naveen Jindal, he just fought a 3 year court battle (1992-1995) to get his petition approved, which was to revise the flag code of 1987 to remove the clause that the Indian flag was to be flown only at special occasions.
7) As of 2022 (ie. 75th independence anniversary of India) the "Harr Ghar Tiranga" or "Every Home a Tricolour" movement actively encourages people to fly flags at home.
Conclusion: India is a young country, and so alot of our decisions are simply due to that reason alone. The 1987 Flag code was not meant to barr people from the flag, but rather to increase it's celebratory values.
As for the police, they're the most corrupt out of any nation there is, and will do anything in their power to get you in trouble should they deem it beneficial ie. What happened to Naveen Jindal (won't be surprised if they asked for bribes)
This exactly. I would say corruption has reduced from then to now, but yeah, this is accurate. Also, the first time I heard that flying our flag was not allowed at a point in time lol.
500 Rupees in 1950s was equal to 500 dollars at that time. Adjusted for inflation, equivalent to $6500 dollars today.
inflation is crazy now that 100 rupees is now around 1.5 dollars
So, 6500 dollars²?
@@leisti yes. At a time when the British just left after looting $45 trillion from India over a time of 200 years, deindustrializing India and causing countless famines. So $6500 was a huge amount of money. Especially when India 's PPP is 10 times that of the US.
@@brothergunns5055ok yes colonisation was bad but this has like nothing to do with it?
@@brightsundot I'm just clearing out why Rs. 500 was a huge amount of money back then in 1950 when the law was made. In the present day, that amount is nothing. The amount of penalty was never updated.
It's a shame that orange is such a seldom used color on flags. It's beautiful!
yeah, it used to be on the dutch flag too, but then the collaborationists used it… so now you can’t use it anymore
Orange as in saffron his an important colour it represents dharmic faith as in indian religions
Orange represents strength white represents peace and green represents fertility and growth @@rickfresher
@@ramzanm45 We are taught that in our education system, but it looks like 90% of the population do not know that, and even many who are educated straight up forget and instead associate the colors with religion instead.
Dont think it was supposed to represent anything other than religion originally tho.
part of that is down to William of ORANGE and Dutch Colonialism
I like how this guy speaks with a very soft accent so that he sounds almost like a first-language English speaker, but also regularly skips words like "is" or conjunctions like "on," or delivers sentences with an unusual word order in a way much more characteristic of second-language English speech. I'm used to hearing people with thick accents and certain grammar quirks (like my Russian friend Vlad, his English is great but his accent is strong and he regularly skips articles or uses the pronoun "he" for inanimate objects), or people with thicker accents but native-level grammar (like my Mexican friend Max who has a super thick accent but works as an English teacher), and I'm used to second-language English speakers with near-native sounding accents and perfect grammar (like I once knew a Brazilian who sounded like she was born in England), but the combination of soft accent and quirky grammar is something I'm not used to hearing. I find it jarring but endearing lol
I think it might be on purpose and part of the style of presentation. Kind of like trying to sound poetic but not too much
Exactly this. I do it the same way in German.
it makes me pay more attention to what hees saying lol
I just stumbled upon it and sadly I think it will be the thing that holds me back. I like the content but the dropping of words is like nails on a chalkboard to me. It is almost painful. Shame, but oh well. Looks like he has tons of subscribers without me lol.
@@Tapakapaclassic Viennese
One of the good things that Modi has done is probably relaxed the flag laws.
I’ve seen so many Indian flags with writing on it but now that I think of it this was never in India 😂
Nope, the laws are applicable to cotton flags, paper flags aren't considered "flags"
must be without emblem flag without emblem is no considered flag at all
Why have you defaced the flag by removing emblem and turning it 90° clockwise?
@mokka_Commentary is an Irish flag bro. I don't even know whether you r trolling or have no idea.
@@sololife9260 he is trolling ofc lol
wait until you know singing chinese national anthem on the street in china would sometimes get you arrested (bc it promotes revolution)
actually, even commenting its lyrics on social media would get you arrested
I need to know more. How does singing a (what I assume is) patriotic song meant to promote unity among people (cus that's what a national anthem is supposed to do, right?) going to promote revolution in the eyes of the ccp?
@Bitmaker64 Bcoz Chinese ppl often known to unit when it's to throw the ccp dictatorism out in past
“Dominate TH-cam flag game.” Darn right!
In the Roman Empire, people were not allowed to go to the toilet with money in their pockets (or where they store them), because there was a picture of the emperor on the coin and taking a picture of emperor to the toilet was considered offensive.
I just found the irl version of "Dr. Sheldon Cooper's Fun With Flags"
To be honest, all these rules are not implemented that strictly, and most of the time they let you off with a simple warning. But still, that doesn't give you any right to intentionally insult a flag, because you may face some legal consequences.
Okay, so yeah, this is true the Indian flag has a lot of rules. In fact, there’s a very specific way to fold an indian flag and to dispose an Indian flag (it must be given a proper burial).
Regarding the fine and the possibility of jail time, punishment only occurs in very specific scenarios, and it's not very common. The Indian flag is treated with the same respect as a religious book, so it must not be disrespected.
As for the fine for flying the Indian flag, that rule was originally implemented during British rule in India to prevent people from revolting and raising their voices. Surprisingly, that law managed to stick around for years even after independence
The blue dharmachakra should be placed in middle, rest be folded.
@@Nagvanshieus yes thats the folding rule
So then everyone that did destroy the Flag in r/place should never go to india?
Same as those people who disparaged the HK gov, they better not to transit there...
It only applies to physical piece of fabric flags
@@परोक्ष 8:04 , have you not been paying attention?
@@deepprakash4841 In practice mostly it applies like I said
@@deepprakash4841 Lol I never thought I'd see another Hollow Knight fan from India, it seems this game is picking pace in India, much deserved tbh
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Meanwhile in the states, you can wear the flag as underwear and its called patriotism and freedom
tbh wearing flag as underwear is weird
@FireandIce-eh7mx its more than weird
being able to wear the american flag as underwear is peak freedom
Freedom raahhhhh 🦅 🔥 🗽
Even if you insult the flag, Indians will take care of the culprit much before the police will
A point to clarify: The Indian flag that we usually refer to has specific properties like it is made of special cotton (Khadi) and has a specific ratio and all that. This flag is not to be disrespected, even-though cases against people who have disrespected the flag is really rare.
Next we have smaller, usually plastic flags and flag like designs which ends up in garbage piles after republic and Independence days. Honestly, I think, these plastic junk imitation flags should be banned.
I graduated from UTD didn’t expect the video was going in that direction 😂
Huh?, i didnt know that we flag the indian flags in republic and independence day in kerala
We most definitely do 💀
In Australia it's illegal to use the national flag to cover anything except a coffin.
During Independence and Republic days I'd always see flags on the ground left by people after the celebration.
in Türkiye if the flag falls to the ground we kiss it make it touch our forehead and then put it in a clean place above the ground again, you arent forced to do that but its very disrespectful to not do that
We Indians do that with our kitaabs (Books) but we exclude the kissing part.
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You also continue to deny the Armenian Genocide.
@4rumani correct but what does that have to do with what he said
@ keep crying
as an indian this is the first time iv ever heard of this bs
Indians are very serious about their flags but very unserious at the same time. Police doesn't care unless it's a big matter.
7:30 "up to 3 years" would be 3≥ or ≤3, not 3≤
Yeah, totally mixed that up when changing illustrations from the German to the English version.
Mathometrics really isn't my forte.
2:57 I came from one of those countries where flying the flag upside down means that the country is at war
So the young me thought everyone else does, like, every country flips their flags upside down when at war. So when I learned about circles on flags (like Japan) and vertical tricolors (like France) on 3rd grade, I thought that these countries have achieved the ultimate peace, because they don't need a "war version" of their flag. If you flip their flag upside down, the "peace version" still persists. Peace persists.
In 7th grade, I learned I was wrong. Not everyone flips their flags to mean war. In India, what does flipping the flag outside mean? Does it mean war? Does it even do anything?
It makes crime.
In india Upside down flag mean you loss war
Don't try to do that
Vertical flag has same meaning as a normal horizontal flag
And Indian peace flag is all white with Ashoka chakra
What country are you form?
Tell me you're from Phillipines without telling me you are from Phillipines moment😂
War flag is
Indian Flag on Top left on a red background (basically like British colonial flag) and it is the Indian Army's flag
i went to do studies at ut dallas, and they have a building named after naveen jindal. fun fact.
500 rupees in 1950 is worth well over 600usd today
Most of the citizen knows how much sacrifices it took to get our freedom and we are proud of it, so people don't disrespect national anthem, flag or book of constitution. People know to what limit they can use the said things. There might be some unfortunate accidental disrespect but those cases c are usually dismissed by police or by court.
Many may find this draconian but it's just how it is in a country where their ancestors sacrificed to get their freedom from enslavers.
Yes, but again, limiting the use of the National Flag to the government only is not good as then it becomes a State Flag.
People should be allowed to use it as long as they don't disrespect it.
@Evensfew are you Indian? If not you should know that during 70s and 80s India embraced socialist system where state controlled everything like in Soviet Union. I heard in those times you can only invite 15 or 20 people for wedding feast and if more people came government will take away the grains, they justified that because it is flaunting luxury when citizens are starving. In those time India had been experiencing famine and starvation. Then prime minister send some group to learn from USA and we had green revolution were country was able prevent starvation.
I know I went on a tangent but the India you see now is far more loose in regulation compared to before when it's basically a quasi-soviet union.
I used to ask my parents why cant we hoist the national flag, and they used to say its not allowed to put on houses, only government buildings. It made sense to me back then, but now I'm realizing they were just trying to stay out of trouble. And it makes sense. India works a lot on mob mentality. If a certain group of people dont like what you do, you can end up in a court. Even if the fees were negligible, its still years upon years of trouble before a verdict is reached. So we only use the flag on national holidays, and you know its not so bad. There's so much flag everywhere during these holidays that we get the yearly dose of it. That dose is quite balanced actually.
Love from India 🇮🇳
The Palestinian comment was completely unnecessary. It’s not just about Palestine or any other country that you think is oppressed, whenever the Indian flag is flown alongside another country's flag, the Indian flag should be on a higher staff. Also, regarding the prohibition of Muslim verses, any type of religious verse, whether from Hinduism, Buddhism, or any other religion, is prohibited.
Ofcourse when i suspected it was a foreigner making a video on india i was half expecting it to have the Islamophobia angle and you delivered.
Those were real court cases from India I've mentioned.
@Tapakapa I didn't say that they didn't happen, they broke laws and they got penalized, whether you think those laws are just or not is none of your business. But putting those examples right next to each other it's clear you are trying to push forward an agenda.
@@floppy_hands1770 I don't know how it is in India, but in Western countries, we are generally free to opine on whatever we want to.
US flag is seen used as an underwear very commonly unfortunately we can’t let our prestigious flag same fate
as an Indian, this is not really enforced, just in 2024, they ran this "Har Ghar Tiranga" (Every house has a flag, sounds way better in Hindi) campaign, where they encouraged every house to fly a flag, and have no such enforcement.
As a indian i didn't know this
The general essence of the video makes the conclusion that it's better to avoid flying the national flag in India because of strict flag laws. 9:03 However, those laws are not strict in practice especially for unintentional mistreats of the flag so this video seems like an attempt of fear mongering among the Indian viewers and make them hesitant for flaunting the flag. In fact, there is also another thing the video hasn't covered is that after 2022 or so, people can also fly the flags on their houses
As an Indian, I've never herd of these things
6:29 "One right _can_ be limited to protect another one."
this quote is very true
Thank you for covering this event and I was genuinely surprised that any will cover it 😅 but a great video 👍
Even Saudi Arabia has some pretty strict laws regarding the flag, though after getting know the reason, I actually respect their idea.
They should realize that the biggest insult to the Indian flag is when people want to fly a different one.
An EE student from India, from my personal experience over the past 18 years of my life.. no one gives a f*** about these rules Lmaoo, they're just for show 😂
in the US burning the flag is how to properly dispose of a flag
In India it is burying the flag in the ground, so it is not visible.
@@theos335 So... Indian flag is Christian and American flag is Hindu? 🤣
@@adorp Damn nice one 🤣
damnnnnnn @@adorp
As an Indian I never knew any of this and flew the flag upside down on independance day as a joke
wait, then how do you get rid of a flag?
a flag in the thrash is probably bad.
you dont
@@HaryanviKashmiri Flags condition deteriorates over time. They need to be replaced. Where is one supposed to store all the old flags, if not disposed of in a dignified manner?
you burn the flag
Well its complicated,if you are talking about actual cotton flags (rest like paper are not considered flags),after they are damaged/deteriorated ,they are give back to the official flag maker. The official flag maker either buries them or burns it on a Sandalwood(probably Red Sandalwood cause they are costly) bed. @@jannikheidemann3805
you either bury or urn the flag just like what you do with dead people.
3 years in PRISON for accidntally dropping the flag is outright insane
8:20 well, only if it's with the intent to, lol
no its not at all enforced and that too with intention
No... Only if the intention was to insult a flag. Still, all these rules are not implemented that strictly; most of the time, they give you a simple warning.
never thought i'd hear tapa saying "mid"
That's my name there!
This is why as an Indian I only use the British Flag .
A flag represents our right to display our loyalty towards our country. Every citizen has a right to express his love for the nation. But such should be done with dignity and respect, not hurting the interest of the country.
As a indian i don't think holding flag is a crime: rather if you are using indian flag in a massive protest or burn down the flag or doing any impropriety things it might get's you in trouble or rush case you deserve 9000 rupees fine or i say 100.88 dollars 😅 so stay focus and respect all flag
@@MASTER-VICTORY abe 100 dollars
@@MASTER-VICTORY 9000 is 100 dollars
@@MASTER-VICTORY bhai 9000 rs is 100 dollars what you talking about
really i didn't know that 😕 because our currency is literally drop so i predict
To be fair, 500 rupees in 2024 is 52000 rupees. That’s a lot of money but India has bad inflation so ya know.
you meant to say 500 dollars
@ no rupees. In 1950 500 rupees is equal to 52000 rupees in 2025. It’s not that bad of salary for that time and it’s pretty expensive for a fine
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Surely India winning a cricket test counts as a good enough excuse to wave the flag, especially if the country they just beat was England!
We actually do wave flag in all kinds of sports stuff like Olympics, Cricket, Chess etc. They are just not official flag (a official flag is a flag made of Cotton by a certified flag maker) so rules don't apply.
That's cringe, they need to be like us Americans, where we have flag-themed tank-tops and underwear
Skidmarks? Sweat stains? Doesn't seem right
Got me cracking
so basically 500 rupees in 1980 will be 75.65 dollars according to currency exchange info of dollars to rupees being 1$ = 6.61 rupees , now the inflation of old times was less in comparison to todays time so in total that times 500 rupees == 22000 rupees of todays time and 284$ in todays times , roughly 300$ , thats a lot of money you know
The cumulative inflation between 1980 and 2024 is about 2,344.72%. 2,344.72 percent of 500 is 11,720 (approx.). 11,720 rupees is about $133.
I am indian borned in 2007. never knew nothing about it nor any elder mentioned it ever so hard to believe this because now everyone has a flag in their house and kids wear flag badges on independence day. in 2023 PM launched a movement har ghar tiranga that means everyone was requested to host a flag on their rooftop and most of the people did the same
I mean they teach about what classifies as disrespect in like primary schools man, you can definitely avoid things you have mentioned such as cutting cake if you're careful. And you're wrong if you think (or more so, it seems like you're deliberately trying to make young Indians think) they treat every unintentional mistreat of the flag as a punishable offence and drag them to the court of law. Ground reality is, people never stop flaunting the flags despite all these disciplinary actions and people who actually know these rules by heart, take good care of the flags around them and make others aware as well. It doesn't mean disrespect doesn't happen, but everyone understands that people having true patriotic feelings for their nation is way more important than those few unintentional mistreats. In essence, don't try to show it like flags laws are so strict in India that it's better not to touch the flag, it's misleading for the youth. They're not that strict in practice, and every Indian loves to use flags everywhere.
The exact same history happened with the US, from the same thing about the flag code stating that there was to be no commercial use of the flag, to the flag code being stuck down as unconstitutional due to violating free speech. The only difference is that now, the US is almost completely ungoverned when it comes to what is done with the flag, though that doesn't necessarily mean you won't be illegally prosecuted or stopped from doing so.
I do want to point out that yes he is 100% correct on this video but nowadays you hardly get in trouble for making a mistake. If it was unintentional and you fixed it most likely cops won't even show up and if they do they will let you go with a warning. Both the Indian police and the judiciary are too overwhelmed with actual cases to even consider such small incidents as a crime. If you still get in trouble that means someone got a deep grudge against you.
National Flag vs State Flag was very interesting
A smol correction: At that time 500 Rs was way too much worth, so comparing it to today's economy doesn't make any sense.
That's not how inequality notations work.
Meanwhile in Canada: Hindis and Punjabis fighting in phalanx with flags on poles
What are hindis ?
Until a few years ago, only one khadi company was allowed to manufacture the flag, the code has since been changed to allow others to manufacture the flag as well.
I have seen so many official government buildings in Australia that fly various flags (usually the NT or ACT flags or other not so "obvious" flags) upside-down.
2:44 This gave me flashbacks of J*ir B*lsonaro and how he used symbols of patriotism like the national brazilian flag as part of his campaign, and how it was super hard to not think about him when looking at the flag for some time (I may still do, but not that much). National flags shouldn't be part of any election campaign.
By the way, some of my classmates for that year supported him (due to family bias and lack of critical thinking), but they didn't knew how to sing the anthem, which is pretty d*mb if you ask me.
They didn't know the national anthem? How old they were? 3?
@Nadia1989 I won't say the exact age, but it was somewhere between 13 and 15 years old.
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Big anguish, many pain 😢😢😭😭
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Mexico has a similar law where the government is really protective of who and how the flag can be used, though the worst thing that can happen is a fine. Famously, a Spanish artist was fined for posing nude with the flag on the cover of Playboy also, an episode of South Park was banned in Mexico because they showed the flag lol
And in Denmark 🇩🇰 We using the Flag all the time.
Yes, and yet, Danes are actually quite strict about some flag rules, like "don't let it touch the ground" and "don't leave it up after dark". The difference is, of course, that these rules are just conventions, not laws from the government.
Same in the USA. We even put it on clothes and food. 😂
Yea had to learn about this stuff for govt exams, especially the case involved with it
So the unstitch on the flag in my College is disrespectful ?
And yet, the reality of the situation, is that even now in 2025, the Indian flag can be seen torn, dusty, and disrespected in rural areas of the National Capital Region, like Rural Gururgam (Speaking as a citizen)
Hmm, but what if you have orange hair, wear a white shirt and green trousers? Do accidental flags count?
Im not sure about this as an Indian myself,ive seen alot of places excluding homes as they dont have it hanging but things like shops or temples ever niw and then have the flag. I dont think the government really cares
The reason it was like that was because that was the way they did it in the UK. Even if India was free of the british empire, they still thought the brits were a bit of a role model, while the brits were going "huh maybe we should get around to changing that some day" "We did" "Oh, maybe we should get around to telling people some day"
Why did you change the style? Old one was better
Will I be arrested if I go to India, pause the video where you showed the Indian flag and hit the dislike button?
nobody ever has enforced this law
UK is doing this to itself now as well.
oh...SO THATS WHY ALL THOSE ATHLETES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES JUST STEPPED ON THEIR FLAGS OR PLACED IT ON THE GROUND AND NO ONE CRITICISED THEM-
ps:- while the law exists its usually not enforced as much as it could be but there now exists a social stigma around flag etiquette which means whenever you don't follow it, your parents are probably gonna scold you and people will criticise you instead
You mentioned India, your video will go viral.
Yes Jindal. Flying flag and dodging taxes since 1992...
Then some superhero thought of changing the law and allowed everyone to use the flag anywhere, anyday, anyhow. Now the flag is being insulted everyday, everywhere. Be it upside down, fallen on ground, broken pole, lower than other flag, disposed in garbage bin, etc etc and what not. That superhero is truly a genius.
Hi! This was a good video but as an Indian I did not enjoy the money jokes. It’s a harsh stereotype and intact ₹500 or any amount near it is not the largest sum, most of not all Indians have it. Only because we are a cheap country DOESNT mean we are poor. Thank you and good video.