On 13 April 1923 , during a procession by local Congress volunteers in Nagpur commemorating the Jallianwala Bagh massacre , the '' Swaraj '' flag with the spinning wheel , designed by Pingali Venkayya , was hoisted . This event resulted in a confrontation between the Congressmen and the police , after which five people were imprisoned . Over a hundred other protesters continued the flag procession after a meeting . Subsequently , on the first of May , Jamnalal Bajaj , the secretary of the Nagpur Congress Committee , started the '' Flag Satyagraha '' , gaining national attention and marking a significant point in the flag movement . The '' satyagraha '' , promoted nationally by the Congress , started creating cracks within the organisation in which the Gandhians were highly enthused while the other group , the '' Swarajists '' , called it inconsequential
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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