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India's National flag is a
tricolor. All the three colors have a great significance. The three
colors are at the top, saffron ("kesari") ,in the middle
white, and at the bottom, green in equal proportion . The ratio of the
width of the flag is two to three. There is a navy blue wheel, ("chakra")
in the white band. The wheel, ("chakra") consists of twenty
four spokes. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus
of Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. At one time it was also depicted as Bapuji's
charkha.
The colours of the flag stand for the
4 P's:
Design of the national flag was adopted by the constituent Assembly
on 22 July 1947. Its use and display are regulated by a code.
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