Indian Flag - Facts The National flag of India has three equal horizontal bands - the top panel is India saffron (Kesari), the bottom panel is India green and white middle band bearing at its centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue colour with 24 equally spaced spokes. It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. The flag is based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya. India Flag - Colors Saffron: (RGB: 255, 153, 51) (hex code: #FF9933) White: (RGB: 255, 255, 255) (hex code: #FFFFFF) Green: (RGB: 19, 136, 8) (hex code: #138808) Blue: (RGB: 0, 0, 128) (hex code: #000080) Indian Flag - Colors meaning The saffron colour denotes renunciation, disinterestedness, courage and sacrifice. White colour denotes truth, peace and purity. Green colour symbolizes prosperity, vibrance and life. The Ashok Chakra (wheel) represents the righteousness, progress and perpetuity. The 24 spokes of the wheel represents the 24 hours of a day. India Flag - Facts Indian flag, by law, is to be made of khadi(a type of hand-spun cloth) The Ashoka chakra on Indian flag was taken from the Lion capital of Ashoka. The Lion capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four "Indian lions" standing back to back that was originally placed atop the Aśoka pillar at Sarnath by Emperor Ashoka.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 01:42:20 +0000
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