The national flag of India, known as the Tiranga or Tricolour, consists of saffron, white and green horizontal stripes with a navy blue Ashoka Chakra in the center. It was adopted on July 22, 1947 and designed by Pingali Venkayya. The saffron stripe represents courage and sacrifice, white represents truth and peace, and green represents fertility and auspiciousness of the land. When hoisting the flag, it should be made of khadi cotton or silk and certain protocols like facing the flag and not letting it touch the ground should be followed.

2. National flag of India

3. • Title: Tricolour / Tiranga
• Colours: Saffron, White and Green; Navy Blue
in the Ashoka Chakra
• Dimension ratio: 2:3 (width:length)
• Material: Khadi Cotton or Silk
• Adopted on: July 22, 1947
• Designed by: Pingali Venkayya
• Manufactured by: Khadi Development and
Village Industries Commission

4. What do the colour represents?
Saffron stands for courage and
sacrifice
White represents truth and peace
Green stands for fertility, development
and auspiciousness of Indian land

5. Ashoka chakra
This Dharma Chakra depicted the “wheel
of the law” in the Sarnath Lion Capital
made by the 3rd –centaury
BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka.
The Chakra intends to show that there is
life in movement and death in stagnation.

6. Let us watch the first ever Indian
flag hoisting…

7. Flag code of India
While hoisting the Indian flag, the
following things should be kept in
mind.

8. • The flag should be made of khadi
• During the hoisting, everybody should
face the flag and stand at attention
• The flag should not touch the ground
• No other object can be placed higher
than flag
• Flag should be lowered after sunset

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