Hoist
Tricolour Flag! -
From the 53rd Republic Day
on January 26, 2002, all
citizens of India could hoist
the tricolour throughout the
year. Earlier they could do so
only on special days such as
Republic Day and Independence
Day.
"The flag is a horizontal
tricolour in equal proportion of
deep saffron on the top, white in
the middle and dark green at the
bottom. The ratio of the width to
the length of the flag is two is to
three. In the centre of the white
band, there is a wheel in navy blue
to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the
wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion
Capital. Its diameter approximates
the width of the white band and it
has 24 spokes.
The
saffron stands for courage,
sacrifice and the spirit of
renunciation; the white, for purity
and truth; the green for faith and
fertility."
[Ministry
of External Affairs]
"Three equal horizontal bands of
orange (top), white, and green with
a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel)
centered in the white band".
[
CIA]
Design and
constructional
details
"The flag shall be rectangular in
shape and the ratio of the length
to the width shall be 3 : 2. The
flag shall be a tricolour panel
made up of three rectangular panels
or sub - panels of equal widths.
The colours of the top panels shall
be India - saffron ( kesari ), and
that of the bottom panel shall be
India - green, the middle panel
shall be white bearing at its
centre the design of Ashoka Chakra
in navy blue colour. The Ashoka
Chakra shall have 24 spokes equally
spaced and shall preferably be
screen printed or otherwise printed
or stencilled or suitably
embroidered with navy blue colour.
In all the cases, the chakra shall
be completely visible on both sides
of the flag in the centre of the
white panel." [The
Bureau of Indian
Standards]
Websites you will be interested
in:
-
Tiranga.net
- All about India's tricolor
flag.
-
National Insignia @ Ministry of
External Affairs - National
Flag, National Emblem, National
Anthem, National Animal,
National Bird,National Flower,
National Tree and National
Fruit of India.
-
MyIndianFlag.com - More
about Indian National
Flag.
-
AspiringIndia.org - Read
about India's tradition -
Vedas, Upanishads and
Gita.
