Tiranga (Indian national flag)

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Tiranga, the Indian national flag, is a horizontal tricolour of saffron, white, and green with a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra at its centre, symbolizing the country's values of courage, peace, and faith.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf flag of a sovereign state
national flag
adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of India
adoptedOn 1947-07-22
AshokaChakraColour navy blue
AshokaChakraSpokes 24
associatedWithDay Independence Day of India
Republic Day of India
associatedWithMovement Har Ghar Tiranga campaign
bottomStripeColour green
centreEmblem Ashoka Chakra
commonName Tiranga
country India
designBasedOn Swaraj flag
designer Pingali Venkayya
displayRequirement must be hoisted with saffron at the top
must not be defaced with lettering
must not be used as drapery
must not touch the ground
firstHoistedAsNationalFlagOn 1947-08-15
firstHoistedLocation Red Fort, Delhi
governingLaw Flag Code of India
greenStripeRepresents faith
fertility
prosperity
materialSpecification khadi (for official flags)
meaningOfName tricolour
middleStripeColour white
officialName Flag of India
orientation horizontal tricolour
proportion 2:3
replaced British colonial flags in India
saffronStripeRepresents courage
sacrifice
symbolizes courage and sacrifice
eternal wheel of law
faith and chivalry
fertility and growth
peace and truth
righteousness (dharma)
unity of India
topStripeColour saffron
usedAs national symbol of India
usedOn Indian embassies and consulates
government buildings in India
official ceremonies of India
whiteStripeRepresents peace
truth

Referenced by (20)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chief Minister of Haryana ("Flag of India")
Dominion of India ("Flag of India adopted 1947")
Governor of Haryana ("Flag of India")
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ("Flag of India")
Prime Minister of India ("Flag of India")
flag
Independence Day (India)
Independence Day (India) ("Indian national flag")
Prime Minister hoists national flag at Red Fort ("national flag of India")
symbol
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 ("National Flag of India")
Romani flag ("Flag of India")
relatedTo
Constituent Assembly of India ("National Flag of India")
adoptedInstrument
Indian nationalism ("Indian national flag")
associatedWithSymbol
Tiranga ("Tiranga")
commonName
Ashoka Chakra ("Indian national flag")
featuredOn
Prime Minister hoists national flag at Red Fort ("Tiranga")
flagName
Deputy Prime Minister of India ("Flag of India")
flagUsed
Presidential Standard of India ("National Flag of India")
isDistinctFrom
Indians ("Flag of India")
nationalIdentitySymbol
Tiranga ("Flag of India")
officialName
Ashoka Chakra ("Flag of India")
partOf

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