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India Flag
India's national flag is a horizontal saffron, white, and green tricolour with a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra in the centre. The 24-spoked wheel gives the fl...
Where is India?
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About India and its flag
India's national flag is a horizontal saffron, white, and green tricolour with a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra in the centre. The 24-spoked wheel gives the flag a precise central feature that distinguishes it from similarly coloured tricolours.
Flag design and meaning
Three equal horizontal bands run saffron at the top, white through the centre, and green at the bottom. The white band holds the navy-blue Ashoka Chakra, a wheel with 24 spokes. A correct rendering needs the wheel rather than a plain disc or emblem.
- Ashoka Chakra: The 24-spoked wheel represents the Dharma Chakra and is the flag's central national emblem.
- Saffron, white, and green bands: The flag's colour bands are assigned civic and ethical meanings in official Indian explanations of the national flag.
History and adoption
The Constituent Assembly adopted the present flag on 22 July 1947, shortly before India became independent. It was adapted from the Indian National Congress flag by placing the Ashoka Chakra in the central white band and has remained the Republic of India's national flag.
How to recognise this flag
- The blue 24-spoked wheel in the white band is the decisive detail.
- Read the stripes top to bottom: saffron, white, and green.
India flag quiz context
On Name The Flag, the India flag is currently grouped as very easy difficulty for quiz progression.
Its region is listed as Asia, which helps place the country among nearby geography questions in the game.
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