--- title: "At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?" description: "At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?" author: "Reyansh Singh" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39535/at-which-place-national-flag-was-hoisted-for-the-first-time-in-india category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.? At which place, [National Flag](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/112650/which-country-has-the-world-s-oldest-national-flag-still-in-use) was hoisted for the First time in India.? ## Answers ### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya ![At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6c2afb06-01a4-47cc-b679-670113a7f15f/images/efeeb73a-283a-48b7-b6b2-03a47377ab1d.jpeg) (National [Flag](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34828/how-many-stars-were-on-the-original-american-flag) of India) The **National Flag** was hoisted for the **first time** in **India** at **Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park)** in **Calcutta (now Kolkata)** on **7th August 1906**. ![At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6c2afb06-01a4-47cc-b679-670113a7f15f/images/5fe35a44-e8b6-4ea9-8e40-a7a6af98bd08.jpeg) **Kolkata** (was known as Calcutta) is the **capital city** of the state of **West Bengal**. Kolkata is the **largest city** of the state and the **seventh largest city** in **India**. Until **1911** Kolkata (Calcutta) served as the **capital of India** under the **British rule**. Later the capital was shifted to **New Delhi** in **1911**. ![At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6c2afb06-01a4-47cc-b679-670113a7f15f/images/1f429acb-a27b-4cb7-9290-8fd3f2c2f211.jpeg) (map of West Bengal) **West Bengal** (known as **Poshchimbonggo** in **Bengali**) is located in **eastern India** on the **Bay of Bengal**. The **Indian state** of West Bengal shares its borders with the Indian states of **Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim** and **Assam**. West Bengal shares its **international borders** with **Bangladesh** to the **east** and with **Nepal** and **Bhutan** to the **north**. Established on **26th January 1950**, the state includes the **Ganges delta**, the **coastal Sundarbans**, **Rarh region** and the most famous **Darjeeling Himalayan hill region**. ![At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6c2afb06-01a4-47cc-b679-670113a7f15f/images/6bc958f4-52d3-4ab5-bf13-841476007086.png) (location of West Bengal on the map of India) West Bengal covers an area of **88,752 sq km (34,267 sq mi)** and is ranked **14th** in **India** in terms of area coverage. As per the **2011** census with a population of **91,347,736** people, West Bengal becomes the **fourth** most populous state of the country. The **density** of the state is **1,029/ sq km (2,670/ sq mi)**. The GDP of the state as of **2018** is **?10.49 lakh crores (US$ 150 billion)**. The **literacy rate** of the state is **77.06%**. **Mamata Banerjee** from the **All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)** is the **Chief Minister** of the state. There are **295 seats** in the **Legislative Assembly**. **Keshari Nath Tripathi** is the **Governor** of the state. **Bengali** is the official language of the state with **Hindi** being the additional official language. Nepali is being spoken in two sub-divisions of Darjeeling. Apart from Bengali, English is also the official language of the state. ![At which place, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6c2afb06-01a4-47cc-b679-670113a7f15f/images/05257f12-6074-4cef-8068-1f9be6fc5a30.jpeg)\ \ \ \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39535/at-which-place-national-flag-was-hoisted-for-the-first-time-in-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.