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Mandharam Side Hero Username: Mandharam Post Number: 4897 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 122.172.60.223 Rating: N/A |
interesting article history of symbols http://guruprasad.net/posts/the-story-behind-congress-hand-s ymbol/ | ||
Mandharam Side Hero Username: Mandharam Post Number: 4895 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 122.172.60.223 Rating: N/A |
Election symbols Election symbol of Indira's Congress (R) party during the period 1971–1977 As of 2014, the election symbol of Congress, as approved by the Election Commission of India, is an image of a right hand with its palm facing front and its fingers pressed together;[129] this is usually shown in the centre of a tricolor flag. The hand symbol was first used by Indira Gandhi when she split from the Congress (R) faction following the 1977 elections and created the New Congress (I).[130] The symbol of the original Congress during elections held between 1952 and 1971 was an image of two bullocks with a plough.[131] The symbol of Indira's Congress (R) during the 1971–1977 period was a cow with a suckling calf.[132] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress#/medi a/File:Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg |