National symbols: A status check

India adopted a clutch of national symbols—which best represented different aspects of its identity—when it became a republic in 1950. Over the decades, it adopted some more, mostly to help conserve them. We take a look at their past, and their present
Curated By: Forbes India
Published: Aug 22, 2014
National symbols: A status check

Image by : CHAITANYA DINESH SURPUR

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  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
  • National symbols: A status check
National Fruit: MANGO
WHY WAS IT MADE A NATIONAL SYMBOL?

“Mangifera indica, or mango, is a very Indian fruit and adapts itself to all kinds of soil conditions—arid, semi-arid, wetlands and so on,” says Atul Sathe, communications manager, Bombay Natural History Society. To Read More