India enters Guinness Book of World Records by waving 78,220 tricolors simultaneously

India has created world record by waving 78 thousand 220 tricolors simultaneously. On 23rd of this month, India entered the Guinness Book of World Records by waving over 78 thousand tricolor flags simultaneously at the Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav programme in Bhojpur, Bihar. Union Home Minister Amit Shah was present on the occasion.

The occasion was a tribute to the glorious victory of the then King of Jagdishpur, Veer Kunwar Singh. He is considered one of



the ‘heroes’ of the freedom struggle of 1857. Babu Kunwar Singh was also a great social reformer and he had placed the idea of welfare of the backward and downtrodden before the nation at that time. 

The event was organized by the Home Ministry and Culture Ministry under the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. The attempt was witnessed by representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records.