Indian National Flag
In India, the term "Tricolour" refers to the Indian national flag. The National flag of India is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion.
The ratio of the width to the length of the flag is two is to three. In the center of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital.
The National Flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolor of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its center. ... By law, the flag is to be made of khadi, a special type of hand-spun cloth or silk, made popular by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS) is a manufacturing federation located in Garag village near Hubli in Dharwad district, Karnataka, India. It is the only unit in India that is authorized to manufacture and supply the Indian flag
Interesting Facts about National Flag:
The Indian national flag was hoisted on Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, along with the Union Jack and the Nepalese National flag.
Bhikaji Rustom Cama was the first Indian who raised the flag on foreign soil.
The flag of India consists of three equal-sized horizontal stripes.
The Indian flag was adopted on July 22, 1947, just before India received independence from Britain on August 15, 1947.
The middle stripe at its center bears the design of an Ashoka Chakra in navy blue color with 24 equally spaced spokes.
Saffron color is the symbol of courage and sacrifice; white is the symbol of truth, peace, and purity and green is the symbol of prosperity. The Ashoka Chakra in the middle symbolizes righteousness.
During the period of Indian independence, several other designs of the Indian flag were used and adopted.
Bhikhaji Rustom Cama was the first Indian to have raised an Indian flag on foreign soil and announced to the world our political flight with the British for the country’s Independence. Madame Cama’s flag had green on the top, golden saffron, and red at the bottom. Eight lotuses, representing the eight provinces, were lined on the Indian flag. Vande Mataram was written in gold with the Crescent towards the hoist of the flag and the Sun on the other side.
Indians were not allowed to fly the Indian Flag other than on special days like the Republic Day and Independence Day. This rule was scrapped on January 15, 2002, by the Delhi High Court on grounds that it was the fundamental right to freedom of expression of every citizen to do so.
The Ashok Chakra that rests in the center of the Indian Flag is also known as the Dharma Chakra with 24 spokes and was present on a number of edicts of King Ashoka. It has been taken from the Lion Capital of King Ashoka and was chosen because it represents Dharma and Law.
India has bagged the world record in December 2014 for forming the largest human flag of 50,000 volunteers in Chennai.
The Indian Flag must be strictly made from Khadi and to produce a Flag with any other material is punishable under law.
When the Indian Flag is flown on Indian soil along with other National Flags, it must lead and form the starting point.
The Indian Flag had its first space journey in 1971 aboard the Apollo-15. It went into space as a medallion on the spacesuit that was worn by Cosmonaut Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma.
The current Indian National Flag which we get to see has undergone at least 6 amendments.
1906 - The first flag in India was hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Kolkata. It had strips consisting of green, yellow and red with other natural symbols and ‘Vande Mataram’ written in the center. Although, this was not an official flag at that time.
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1907 - The second flag was changed and hoisted by Madame Cama in Paris. This was very similar to the first flag and the slight changes in the colors were seen. The lotus symbols were replaced by 8 stars.
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1917 - The third flag was hoisted at the socialist conference in Berlin. Dr. Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak hoisted the third flag in 1917 during the Home Rule movement. The British flag was included which portrayed the dominance in India.
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1921 - In 1921, Pingali Venkayya, a man from Machilipatnam, prepared a flag and took it to Mahatma Gandhi. It was red and green, representing the two major communities in India. It was neither accepted nor hoisted anywhere.
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1931 - However, Mahatma Gandhi suggested a few changes to the previous flag, and hence a tricolor flag was born. It had a charkha in the center. Orange and Green primarily indicated the major religions of India. White was added to the remaining communities of India.
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1947 - Jawaharlal Nehru presented the current tricolor and it was continued forever till now. It formed a perfect symmetry and it was proposed that the flag will be hoisted in the dimension of 3x:2x. Hence, the flag of Congress party became the National flag of India with slight changes.
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