{"id":2728,"date":"2022-08-14T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vayuacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:47:45","slug":"2728-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vayuacademy.com\/blog\/2728-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unfurling or Hoisting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even after having spent close to half of my lifetime in armed forces, I didn\u2019t know on 26 th January the national flag is\u00a0<br>unfurled, while on 15 th August it is hoisted till a close friend yesterday enlightened me about this basic fact !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The logic behind this is that on 15th August the flag is tied to the bottom of the pole, it is lifted up to the top and then hoisted.<br>To symbolise the struggle for independence while lifting it up the pole and then celebrating independence by hoisting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While on 26th January India became an independent republic!<br>On the top now , free from the clutches of years of foreign occupation !<br>Thus the flag is tied to the top of the pole and not at the bottom as on 15th August.<br>Hence the flag is unfurled!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Hoist meaning to pull something up with a rope)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not sure how many of you know this, I didn\u2019t know this for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Independence Day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_2728\"  data-site_id=\"5e8b2a7b943ec9a66bb76b26\"  data-theme=\"nero\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/vayuacademy.com\/blog\/2728-2\/\"  data-item_title=\"Unfurling or Hoisting?\"  data-item_date=\"2022-08-14T23:42:00+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.54\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/vayuacademy.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even after having spent close to half of my lifetime in armed forces, I didn\u2019t know on 26 th January the national flag is\u00a0unfurled, while on 15 th August it is hoisted till a close friend yesterday enlightened me about this basic fact ! 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