Question: Where was India’s tallest Tricolour hoisted recently?
(a) Pathankot
(b) Laddakh
(c) Attari
(d) Hyderabad
Ans: (c)
Related Fact :
- On 5th March, 2017, India hoisted the tallest tricolour in the country at the Attari border. The 360-foot tall flag is high enough to be spotted from Lahore in Pakistan.
- It was hoisted on a 110-meter high mast, the flag is 120-foot long and 80-foot wide. The weight of the flag pole is 55 tonnes.
- Punjab government spent an estimated Rs 3.50 crore rupees on this project.
- The decision to install tallest tricolour at the Attari border was taken by the Amritsar Improvement Trust.
- Before this, the title of the tallest national flag in India belonged to a 293-foot-high tricolour that was hoisted in Jharkhand’s Ranchi.