The National Flag of India w
as adopted in the current form during an ad-hoc meeting in the Constituent assembly held on the 22 July 1947, 24 days in prior independence of India from British on 15th August 1947. It served as the national flag – Dominion of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, and as that of the Indian Republic thereafter. In India, it refers to the tricolor
National flag is based on flag of Indian National Congress designed by Venkayya is a horizontal tri-color of DEEP SAFRON at the top, WHITE in the middle, and THE GREEN at the bottom. In the centre it consists a NAVY BLUE wheel with 24 Spokes, known as the ASHOKA CHAKRA, taken from the LION CAPITAL OF ASOKA erected a top ASHOKA PILLAR at SARNATH. Its diameter is 3/4th of height of the white strip. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2:3. This flag is also the INDIAN ARMY’s WAR FLAG hoisted daily on military installations.
The official flag specifications require that this flag be made only of KHADI, Mahatma Gandhiji’s special type of hand-spun cloth. While these specifications widely respected within India. They won’t manufacture the Indian flags outside of the country. The display and the use of the flag are under strict regulations by the FLAG CODE OF INDIA
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