After all, why does the Prime Minister hoist the tricolor from the Red Fort, since when is this tradition going on?

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: This time the country is celebrating the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence and on August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will once again unfurl the flag from the Red Fort in Delhi. On the occasion of Independence Day, there has been a tradition of hoisting the flag on the Red Fort since independence and the Prime Minister has always been addressing from the ramparts of this fort. Along with this tradition, a question must arise in everyone’s mind that why the tricolor is hoisted only on the Red Fort and why was the Red Fort chosen for the celebration of independence. Let us discuss this today.

Actually, there is no exact reason or any written document for this, but there have been many reasons due to which it became a tradition to hoist the tricolor on the Red Fort. Before understanding why the flag is hoisted on the Red Fort, it is important to know about the Red Fort because until you do not know about its importance, the answer to your question will not be available. We had read in childhood that who got the Red Fort built, that Shah Jahan got it done and since then the Red Fort has been established as the center of power.

Red Fort was the center of power

During the years 1639 to 1649, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Red Fort in Delhi. This fort, built on the banks of Yamuna in the center of Delhi, has been the center of power since the beginning. When the invaders attacked Delhi, their main target has been the Red Fort. Whether there were attacks of Marathas in the 17th century or in the 18th century, the center of all these was the Red Fort. This was the situation in the 19th century. In the year 1857, the center of the first freedom struggle also remained in a way the Red Fort.

Subhash Chandra Bose gave the slogan of Delhi Chalo

The great revolutionary Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose paid tribute to Bahadur Shah Zafar’s tomb in Rangoon in the year 1940 and also gave the slogan of Delhi Chalo. Giving this slogan was like going to the capital of the country and showing its strength. The center of Delhi’s power also used to be the Red Fort at that time.

When the tricolor was hoisted for the first time from the Red Fort

Finally, when the country became independent in the year 1947, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the tricolor at the Red Fort and addressed the country from its ramparts. This was once again seen as establishing the Red Fort as the center of power. Symbols have great importance in politics. This was the reason why Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the flag here as Prime Minister. After this Lal Bahadur Shashtri or Indira Gandhi or now Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) This tradition has been going on.

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