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.
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| 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 → |