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Fireworks near the huge national flag, measuring 90 feet in length, 60 feet in width and weighing 35 kilograms, that was hoisted at the Central Park, Connaught Place in New Delhi on Friday. The flag is being claimed as largest and the flagpole as highest in the country. (PTI)
Photographers take pictures of fireworks exploding near a giant flag of India in New Delhi. (AP)
Fireworks near the huge national flag in Connaught Place, New Delhi. (PTI)
Lights are aimed at a giant flag of India unfurled earlier in the day in New Delhi. (AP)
The huge national flag was hoisted at the Central Park, Connaught Place in New Delhi. (PTI)
The largest national flag in the country was hoisted on Friday inside the Central Park in Connaught Place in New Delhi. (AP)
The tricolour, which is 90 feet wide and 60 feet long, flew atop a 207 feet tall flag pole. (AP)
There are 12 such flag poles in the country but this national flag will be the largest , said K.V. Singh of the Flag Foundation of India. (AP)
The Flag Foundation of India and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) worked together on the project. (AP)
The flag pole has been designed keeping in mind the geometry of Connaught Place. (AP)
A monument for the national flag is also being planned in the capital of the country. (AP)
