Flag of India at Central Park, Connaught Place

Tiranga, the national flag of India was hoisted for the first time on 7 March 2014 at Central Park, Connaught Place. At the time it was the longest and largest Indian flag in the world.
Location
The flag is located at the centre of the Central Park, encircled by Inner Circle Rd, which is listed as a heritage building of Connaught Place which is regarded as the heart of Delhi. The flag pole has been designed keeping in mind the geometry of Connaught Place.
Structure
The flag measures . The pole on which it is hoisted measures . The flag weighs around 37 kilograms. The flag is made of knitted polyester fabric called ‘deneir polyester’ manufactured in Mumbai by ‘The Flag Shop’. The Ashoka Chakra on the flag has been printed by using a specialised printing process. A special permission for this has been taken for this purpose from the Home Ministry Flag is guarded by guards and CCTV cameras have been installed around it. The flag is also replaced if torn or dirty.
The first Indian to hoist the tricolor at Central lawns of Connaught Circus in pre-independent India was the veteran freedom fighter Mir Mushtaq Ahmad who would raise the flag and demand the end of British rule in what was then considered the heart of British imperialism in India.

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