Flag of Republic of India

India

Name	Tiranga
Use	National flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	24 July 1947
Design	Horizontal tricolour flag (India saffron, white, and India green). In the centre of the white is a navy blue wheel with 24 spokes
Designed by	Pingali Venkayya, Badruddin Tyabji, Surayya Tyabji

The modern Flag of the Republic of India has three colours, which are placed horizontally. At the top is saffron, which signifies sacrifice and patriotism. In the middle is white, which stands for truth in word and action and purity in our thoughts. At the bottom is green, which stands for life and prosperity. In the middle of the white is a blue wheel, which is called the Ashoka Chakra. It has 24 spokes and it stands for progress. The Chakra or the wheel also symbolizes the Power of the State governed by Dharma. It is also called the tiranga or tricolour. The flag was designed by Venkayya Pingali. Moirang in Manipur is the first place in India where the National Flag of India was first hoisted. It was in this place where the INA War Museum and the INA Martyrs' Memorial Complex were developed to commemorate the contributions of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and his Indian National Army to the Indian Independence Movement.

Gandhi first, in 1921, spoke of their flag. The flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya. There were two colours, red for the Hindus, and green for Muslims. A cycle was in the middle. For the other religions, white paint was added. A few days before Independence, the Constituent Assembly modified the national flag. The spinning wheel was replaced by the Ashok Chakra. The new flag was explained again by the country's second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

The national flag of India: the top band is saffron, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The strip in between is white, a symbol of peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The lower green stripe exhibits the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land. The cycle built on the white strip says it represents the menstrual cycle. The Wheel of Dharma, the wheel of the law, was taken from the Sarnath Temple built by the third century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. The Chakra intends to show that this is life in movement and death in stagnation.

The following transfer is estimated using Indian flag colours. In the flag, saffron, white, green and blue colours are used; HTML Arljilbi and Web colours in (hexadecimal notation); CMYK equivalent; Dye colour and Penton equal number.

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Other websites

• "National Flag". National Portal of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
• "History of Indian Tricolor". National Portal of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
• "Flag Code of India" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
• India at Flags of the World

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