Death anniversary of Bhikaji Cama: The woman who hoisted the flag of India for the first time in foreign lands
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 t...