India unfurled the world's largest ‘Khadi national flag’ on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
The flag, measuring a length and width of 225 feet and 150 feet respectively, and weighing 1,000 kilogram, was unfurled in Leh.
#WATCH World's largest Khadi national flag installed in Leh town, inaugurated by Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur
Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane also present pic.twitter.com/6lNxp0lM0n
— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2021
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, R K Mathur, on Saturday inaugurated the Tiranga made of Khadi on Saturday.
The unveiling of the flag coincided with the birth anniversary of the 'Father of the Nation,' Mahatma Gandhi, with whom Khadi is synonymous.
लद्दाख के उपराज्यपाल आर के माथुर ने लेह में दुनिया के सबसे बड़े राष्ट्रीय ध्वज का अनावरण किया. इस अवसर पर सेना प्रमुख एम एम नरवणे भी रहे मौजूद#GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/GwVu5Q9KtI
— प्रसार भारती न्यूज सर्विसेज (@PBNS_Hindi) October 2, 2021
Army Chief General M M Naravane was also present for the unveiling.
Inputs from agencies
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