Bhikaji Cama: The woman who hoisted the flag of India for the first time in foreign lands
The great woman who first hoisted the flag of India on foreign soil was Left us today, August 13th.
Every moment of her life, her thoughts, her adventures still remind every man in our society that girls can,girl can everything,Which a boy can or a boy can't.
Four decades before India's independence, a woman hoisted the flag of India for the first time abroad in 1907.
Bhikaji Cama, a 46-year-old Parsi woman, hoisted this flag at the second 'International Socialist Congress' held in Stuttgart, Germany. It was one of the many informal flags created during the freedom struggle, unlike India's flag today.
Rohtak MD, who wrote a book on Madame Cama BD Yadav, retired professor of the university, says, "All the people who took part in that congress were hoisted the flag of the countries and the British flag for India, denying that Bhikaji Cama made a flag of India and hoisted there . "
In his book, 'Madam Bhikaji Cama', Prof. Yadav explains that while hoisting the flag, Bhikaji made a powerful speech and said, "O comrades of the world, see this is the flag of India, it represents the people of India, salute it." Do it. "
Madame Bhikaji Cama is known as the mother of the first form of the Indian National Flag. She was a woman of Parsi origin. He has invaluable contribution in the Indian independence movement. Even while living abroad, he constantly denied the illusions, which were then related to India. The enlightened people of London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna etc. were made aware of the complete policies of repression of British imperialism in India. She was a sharp speaker.
Bhika Ji Cama was born on 24 September 1861 in Bombay (present-day Mumbai). His father Sorab ji Patel was a rich man. Their upbringing and education etc. took place in a western environment. But she was committed to the service of Mother India, so she walked on the risky path of freedom struggle with unwavering courage and perseverance regardless of her family and society. The All India National Congress was established in December 1885, since then it became its member.
Member of congress
Impressed by the views and vigorous speeches of Congress leaders, she became an active executive of the Congress. She was the first to bring women of all classes on one platform to rise above the discriminatory society of caste, caste, religion, religion etc. Pledged to unite women and women's institutions.
She was married to Shri Rustom Ji Cama in 1885. But even after marriage, she continued to participate in the freedom movement. However, he also had to endure opposition from his family for this. When the plague spread in Bombay, Madame Cama busied herself in relief work, due to which she herself became ill. Healed up after treatment but was still very weak. He was sent to England in 1902 under the pretext of treatment.
She reached London in 1905 via Germany, Scotland, and France, etc. where she met Dada Bhai Naoroji, a famous freedom fighter and economic thinker. Worked as his personal secretary for one and a half years, during which he was introduced to the expatriate patriots and scholars. Most of all, she was impressed by the thoughts and speeches of Shri Shyam ji Krishna Varma.
An energetic speaker
On 18 August 1907, there was a huge event of socialists of the world in Germany in which more than one thousand representatives of different nations attended. Shri Mati Cama was also invited in it. The leader of this event, Mr. John Zaurus, introduced him as a Humsafar representative. Shri Mati Cama impressed everyone with his impressive speech and inspired him by spreading enthusiasm among Indians.
Tricolor pattern
The first format of the Indian flag was prepared by Mrs. Cama in London in 1905 in collaboration with her revolutionary colleagues. The first format consisted of stripes of three colors - green, red and saffron. The top was a red stripe with eight blooms. Lotus was the symbol of the eight regions of erstwhile India. In the middle of the Kesari colored strip was written 'Vande Mataram' in Devanagari, on the green strip below was shown a semi-moon on the right and the rising sun on the left. In this flag, the red color was considered as a symbol of power, Kesari was the symbol of victory and green was a symbol of elation and enthusiasm, Kesari was first hoisted in Berlin and then in 1909 in Bengal.
It also went to New York and gave a description of the plight of the Indian public in front of journalists at a press conference there. In his speeches, he told the people of America - 'You know about Ireland and the Russian conflict, also know about the struggle of Indians.' On coming back to London from there, in a meeting of India House, he said 'Go ahead - Friends forward Gave a very passionate speech titled 'Badho'. This speech was printed as a leaflet and secretly distributed among the general public. After that she moved to France and went there to publish a revolutionary magazine Vande Mataram. This magazine was secretly sent to India.
Vande Mataram
In memory of the great revolutionary Madanlal Dhingra, he started a magazine called Madan Talwar. Veer Savarkar also proved to be very active and helpful in this task. Impressed by Mrs. Bhikaji Cama's personality, diligence and working style, the British invited him several times for the honor, but he expressed his inability to be respected by any foreigner. The contribution of Bhikaji Cama is very important in the freedom struggle. The work done by him was a source of inspiration for many patriots. This great patriotic woman took her last breath at Parsi General Hospital in Mumbai on 13th august 1936. The last word of this great patriot was Vande Mataram.
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