Indian Flag

Saffron (Kesaria): The top band represents courage, sacrifice, and the spirit of renunciation. White: The middle band represents peace, truth, and purity. India Green: The bottom band represents faith, fertility, and the land. Ashoka Chakra: The navy-blue wheel with 24 equally spaced spokes in the center represents the eternal wheel of law (dharma chakra), progress, and perpetual motion. The 24 spokes represent the 24 hours of the day, symbolizing that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.

The Indian National Flag evolved from the independence movement. The current design was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947, replacing earlier versions used during the freedom struggle. The flag incorporates the Ashoka Chakra from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, which became India's national emblem. The tricolour design has its roots in the Indian independence movement and represents the diverse yet unified nature of the Indian nation.

Horizontal tricolour with three equal rectangular panels: Top panel in India saffron (kesaria), middle panel in white bearing the Ashoka Chakra at its center, and bottom panel in India green. The Ashoka Chakra is navy-blue with 24 equally spaced spokes, screen printed or otherwise printed in navy blue color with 24 equally spaced spokes. The chakra is completely visible on both sides of the white panel.

The Flag Code of India governs the display and use of the national flag. The flag must be flown from sunrise to sunset, should never touch the ground, and must be lowered ceremoniously. It should be flown at half-mast on designated mourning days and national tragedies. When displayed with other flags, the Indian flag should be given the position of honor. The flag should be disposed of privately in a dignified manner, preferably by burning, when it becomes worn or soiled. Legal protection is provided under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, with imprisonment up to three years for disrespect including burning, mutilating, defacing, using as drapery except in state funerals, using as costume below the waist, or displaying with saffron down.