Why the tricolour/tiranga was chosen as India’s National Flag
New Delhi, Aug 14: A flag is a necessity for nations. Every free nation of the world has a flag of its own. The Indian National in its present form was adopted during the meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on the July 22nd, 1947.
In India tricolour or Tiranga refers to the Indian National Flag.
The Indian National Flag is designed in horizontal rectangular shape. It is designed using three colours : Deep Saffron (Kesari) top most, white (middle), dark green(lower most), The middle white part contains navy blue Ashok Chakra(means Wheel of Law) in the centre having 24 spokes in the wheel.
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The original design of the flag was given by Pingali Venkayya.
Evolution of Tricolour or Tiranga
Before
the
final
flag
design
was
adopted,
it
went
through
many
changes.
The
first
national
flag
is
said
to
have
been
hoisted
in
Calcutta
on
August
7,
1906,
in
the
Parsee
Bagan
Square.
The
flag
had
three
horizontal
strips
of
red,
yellow
and
green.
There
were
subsequent
changes
made
in
1907
when
Madam
Cama
hoisted
it.
Again
in
1917
Dr
Annie
Besant
and
Lokmanya
Gangadhar
Tilak
hoisted
it
during
Home
rule
period.
This
too
had
many
changes.
In 1921 during the All India Congress Committee session a flag made of 2 colours red and green representing the 2 main communities Hindus and Muslims was shown to Gandhiji. Gandhiji suggested addition of white strip representing remaining communities of India and a spinning wheel depicting progress.
The resolution to adopt a tricolour flag as the Indian National Flag was passed in 1931. This flag had strips of Saffron, white and green with spinning wheel in the middle. However, it was clarified the colours did not represent any particular community.
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Little before India got its independence, on July 22, 1947, the Constituent Assembly adopted Free India's National Flag. The colours remained the same, however, spinning wheel was replaced by Dharma Chakra of emperor Ashok as the emblem on the flag.
Meaning and Significance of the Indian National Flag
Each colour of the flag has significance. The top Saffron band indicates strength and courage of the country, the white middle band represents peace and truth. The last band with green colour represents fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land.
The Dharma chakra indicates the 'wheel of law' in the Sarnath Lion Capital from the Maurya dynasty. It shows that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.
Flag code:
The citizens of the country can hoist the Indian National Flag a top their homes, offices etc on any day and not just National days provided they follow the rules and regulations about how to fly the flag.