Such acts of defiance gained currency across India with the rise of nationalist leaders such, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai.
Flag satyagrahas were one of the most common acts of defiance during the nationalist rebellions led by Gandhi and the Indian National Congress throughout the struggle.
Nationalist leaders such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jamnalal Bajaj, Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Vinoba Bhave organised the revolt and thousands of people from different regions including as far south as the Princely state of Travancore[1] traveled to Nagpur and other parts of the Central Provinces (now in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh) to participate in civil disobedience.
In the end, the British negotiated an agreement with Patel and other Congress leaders permitting the protestors to conduct their march unhindered and obtaining the release of all those arrested.
As a part of state-wide Satyagraha organised by Indian National Congress leaders, the flag was hoisted at Vidurashwatha in Kolar district of Mysore state, 33 people were killed and more than 100 injured in open police firing.