diff --git a/adaLovelace/InsertionSort.py b/adaLovelace/InsertionSort.py
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+import numpy
+import matplotlib.pyplot
+
+'''
+This code illustrates a bargraph representation of the the insertion sort in 
+each iteration. 
+>>>We have used 3 different colored bars in the graph.
+>>>The green and red bars reperesent the 2 numbers currently being compared. 
+>>>The blue bars represent the numbers which are represent the other numbers.
+'''
+
+
+def insertionsort(alist):
+    for index in range(1, len(alist)):
+        currentvalue = alist[index]
+        position = index
+        bar(alist, index - 1, index, index)
+        while position > 0 and alist[position-1] > currentvalue:
+            bar(alist, position-1, position, index)
+            alist[position] = alist[position-1]
+            bar(alist, position-1, position, index)
+            position = position-1
+            alist[position] = currentvalue
+        if position != index: 
+            bar(alist, position, position+1, index)	
+    return alist
+
+
+def bar(alist, r, g, label):
+    N = len(alist)
+    ind = numpy.arange(N)
+    width = 0.25
+    barlist = matplotlib.pyplot.bar(ind, alist, width, color='b')
+    barlist[r].set_color('r')
+    barlist[g].set_color('g')
+    matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel("Iteration number: %d" % (label))
+    matplotlib.pyplot.pause(2)
+    matplotlib.pyplot.show()
+    matplotlib.pyplot.gcf().clear()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    alist = [
+        3, 1, 2, 5, 4
+        ]
+    print alist
+    matplotlib.pyplot.ion()
+    insertionsort(alist)
+
+    
diff --git a/adaLovelace/README.md b/adaLovelace/README.md
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+# Team Ada Lovelace
+**Saloni Dalal**
+* dalalsaloni96@gmail.com
+* [@nonihd-codes](https://github.com/nonihd-codes)
+
+**Birva Patel**
+* birva1@gmail.com
+* [@tangled2096](https://github.com/tangled2096)
+
+# Contributions
+1. Insertion Sort