India Should Celebrate National Flag Day on January 23rd, According to Naveen Jindal

In his address to students at Ravenshaw University on the occasion of hoisting a massive national flag on its campus, Naveen Jindal, president of the Flag Foundation of India (FFoI) and chairman of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), said, “We should mark 23 January as National Flag Day as it is the day we earned the right to display our national flag freely with respect and dignity.”

The majority of nations in the globe observe National Flag Day to honor their flag and its principles. The 23rd of January would be a suitable day for India to celebrate its National Flag Day, he continued.

Jindal fought a ten-year legal battle to guarantee every Indian the freedom to proudly, honorably, and dignifiedly fly and exhibit our National Flag. On this date in 2004, the Supreme Court of India declared that it is a basic right of every Indian to fly the national flag in a respectful and dignified manner.

Jindal, along with Mayor of Cuttack Municipal Corporation Subhash Singh, MLA Choudwar-Cuttack Souvic Biswal, CMC Commissioner Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, Vice Chancellor of Ravenshaw University Dr Sanjay Kumar Nayak and Registrar of Ravenshaw University KC Malik, hoisted mammoth 36 ft x 24 ft Tiranga on a 108 ft high monumental flagpole installed by Flag Foundation of India (FFoI) at the historic Ravenshaw University campus in Cuttack.

Subhash Singh thanked Jindal for his major contributions to the state’s growth, particularly via significant investments in industrialisation, in his speech.

Jindal received praise from Souvic Biswal for his continuous dedication to promoting nationalism by erecting opulent flags around India.