A woman who designed and raised the Indian Tricolour for the first time on foreign soil and a parsi woman who was born in Bombay on September 24,1861,Bhikaji Rustom Cama had no idea she was creating history when she made her famed declaration in Germany.

When the Union Jack (the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom) was about to be hoisted as the national flag of India at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 22, 1907, Madam Bhikaji Cama boldly opposed it.

Dressed in a traditional Parsi saree, she took out a small tricolour flag from her bag, designed in a small house in Germany, igniting a hush-hush conversation among the attendees.

Born in 1861 to affluent Parsi trader Sorabji Framji Patel, Madame Cama completed her education at the Alexandra Girls' Education Institute.

She married Rustomji Cama at the age of 24, but from the beginning, the couple had very distinct political views, which became a source of strife between them. Rustomji Cama, a lawyer, admired the British while also cherishing his culture.

In contrast, Bhikaji saw the ruthless exploitation of Indians by the British, which fuelled her resolve to challenge their rule.