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This story is from August 1, 2022

Indian flag as your profile picture for Har Ghar Tiranga: How to get it right on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon all citizens to turn the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign into a mass movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag at their homes and using the tricolour as a display picture of their social media accounts, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence.
Indian flag as your profile picture for Har Ghar Tiranga: How to get it right on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon all citizens to turn the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign into a mass movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag at their homes. He has also urged citizens to add the tricolour as display picture on their social media accounts to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence. In his monthly radio address ‘Mann ki Baat’ this Sunday (July 31), PM Modi said that as part of the 75th year of Independence a special movement — ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ — is being organised and “by becoming part of this movement, from August 13 to 15, you must hoist the tricolour at your home or adorn your home with it”. “The tricolour connects us, inspires us to do something for the country,” he said and suggested people make the national flag their social media profile photo from August 2 to August 15.
Here we will tell you how you can add the National flag to your Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Twitter DP. We will be doing this in two parts – first, we will tell how to add the Indian flag to your profile picture and second part will be changing the profile picture on different social media platforms.
Part 1: Adding Indian Flag to your profile picture
You can use the Facebook app to add the Indian Flag in your profile picture. Here’s what you need to do:
  • Tap on your Profile Picture and choose Add Frame
  • Then head to the Flags option and choose India from the list. You’ll see an Indian Flag has been added to your existing profile photo.
  • Make the adjustments in case you want and hit the Save button
  • Now, view your Profile Photo → Tap on three dots at the top right corner → tap Save to phone

Now, you have a profile image with the Indian Flag in it. Do note that the download image will have a dimension of around 900 by 900 pixels. So this should be fine for most social media platforms. We have listed the recommended dimensions for the profile pictures for social media platforms:
Profile picture recommended dimensions
Social Media platformRecommended profile picture dimension
Facebook170 by 170 pixels
Twitter400 by 400 pixels
Instagram180 by 180 pixels
WhatsAppMeta hasn’t disclosed the recommended dimensions for WhatsApp profile picture. However, we recommend you keep it around 500 by 500 pixels.
Alternate method
If you don’t have a Facebook account, then there are several apps and online tools available that allow users to add flags on their image and also resize them as per the social media platform. Some of these are flagmypicture.com, lunapics.com, Flagstickers for picture, Flag Face and more. However, do keep in mind that these are third-party apps and tools. So do check the review ratings carefully before using.

How to change profile pictures on different social media platforms:
Facebook: The above mentioned process will automatically change the profile picture on Facebook.
Instagram: Tap Profile icon at the bottom → Edit profile → Change Profile Photo → New Profile Photo → Select the downloaded Profile Image with the Flag and tap ‘→’ icon at the top right corner
WhatsApp: Open the app → Settings → Tap on profile picture → Camera icon → Choose image and hit Done
Twitter: Head to your profile and click or tap the Edit profile button and you will be able to edit your: Header photo, also known as a “banner”. Upload the image and tap Save.
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