Flag of India facts for kids

{{Infobox flag |Name = India |Nickname = Tiranga |Image = Flag of India.svg |Use = 111000 |Symbol = |Proportion = 2:3 |Adoption = 22 July 1947 |Design = Horizontal tricolour flag (India saffron, white, and India green). In the centre of the white is a navy blue wheel with 24 spokes |Designer = Pingali Venkayya Badruddin Tyabji Surayya Tyabji The modern Flag of The Republic of India has three colours, which are placed horizontally. At the top is saffron, which signifies sacrifice and patriotism. In the middle is white, which stands for truth in word and actions and purity in our thoughts. At the bottom is green, which stands for life and prosperity. In the middle of the white is a blue wheel, which is called the Ashoka Chakra. It has 24 spokes and it stands for progress.The Chakra or the wheel also symbolizes the Power of the State governed by Dharma. It is also called the tiranga or tricolour. The flag was discovered by Venkayya Pingali.

Gandhi first in 1921, Congress spoke of their flag. The flag Pingali Venkayya, who had designed. There were two colours, red for the Hindus, and green for Muslims. Was in the middle of a cycle. For the other religions in the white paint was added. A few days before Independence, the Constituent Assembly national modified. The spinning wheel replaced by the Ashok Chakra Lee. The new flag of the country's second President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan explained again.

The national flag of India the top band of Saffron color, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The strip between the white is a symbol of peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The lower green stripe fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land exhibits. Built on the white strip cycle menstrual cycle says. Wheel of Dharma wheel of the law that says the third century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka built the Sarnath Temple was taken from. The Chakra intends to show that this is life in movement and death in stagnation.

Are estimated using the following transfer in Indian flag colors. In flag saffron, white, green and blue colors that HTML Arljilbi and Web colors in the (hexadecimal notation); CMYK equivalent; Dye color and Penton equal number.

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Images for kids

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  Flag of India, New Delhi

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  Indian Flag, the first stamp of independent India, released on 21 November 1947, was meant for foreign correspondence.

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  A header of an Indian flag (size 6, date 2007/2008) certified by the ISI

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  The flag of India showcases three colours in a horizontal fashion: saffron, white and green with an Ashoka Chakra in the middle.

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  Placement protocol for the Indian flag with another country's flag

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  A flag procession

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  Indian Flag at the Red Fort, Delhi

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In Spanish: Bandera de la India para niños