The National Flag of India was adopted as
such during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly held
on 22-07-1947, just before India's independence on 1947-08-15.
It has served as the national flag both of the Dominion of India
between 15-08-1947 and 26-01-1950 and of the Republic of India
thereafter. In India, the term "tricolour" (Tiranga
– तिरंगा) in Hindi) almost always refers to the Indian
national flag. The flag is a horizontal tricolour of saffron at the top
white in the middle and green at the bottom. In the
centre is a navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes,
known as the Ashoka Chakra , taken from the
Ashoka pillar at Sarnath The diameter of this Chakra
is three-fourths of the height of the white strip. The
ratio of the height of the flag to its
width is 2:3. Official flag specifications
require that the flag be made only of Khadi a special type of
hand-spun yarn. The display and use of the flag are strictly
enforced by the
Indian Flag Code
