Flag of India
Three equal horizontal bands of:
- saffron (subdued orange) (on top)
- white
- green
In the centered of the white band of Indian Flag there is a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel).
Meanings:
- saffron represents courage, sacrifice, and the spirit of renunciation
- white signifies purity and truth
- green stands for faith and fertility
- the blue chakra symbolizes the wheel of life in movement and death in stagnation
- flag of India is similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk centered in the white band
National flag of India
History Of The Indian Flag
The national flag of India has been initially designed by Pingali Venkayya and it has been in its present form since its finalization in an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947. The Indian national flag has served as the national flag of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 to 26 January 1950 and that of the Republic of India afterwards. The significance of the flag of India was clarified by India's first Vice-President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.