India's Flag achieved it moments of glory on foreign soil and in space at various occasions:
- August 22, 1907: Bhikhaji Rustom Cama was the first Indian to raise India's flag on foreign soil (International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany) to declare India's Independence from the Britishers. Cama, Veer Savarkar and Shyamji Krishna Varma desgined that flag (a variation on the Calcutta Flag) - green (top), golden saffron and red (bottom). It featured eight lotuses, representing the eight provinces, Vande Mataram (gold) , Crescent (hoist-side), and the Sun (other-side).
- May 29 1953: BBC reported the waving of flags when the Mount Everest was conquered first - "Mr Hillary took several photographs of the scenery and of Sherpa Tenzing waving flags representing Britain, Nepal, the United Nations and India."
- 1984 (2 April - October 02): Cosmonaut Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma wore the Indian flag as a medallion on his spacesuit during the Indo-Soviet joint space flight - Soyuz T-11.
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