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Do you Know Flag hoisting is done in accordance with flag code of India 2002.  This Code was made by Ministry of Home affairs.  Please read the PDF as whole to know more about our tricolor.

Flag Code of India is meant to preserve the Integrity and respect of the tricolor

Significance and Meaning of the National Flag of India

The Tiranga is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of India saffron, white and India green. It has an Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in the shade of navy blue at its centre.

On August 15, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, hoisted the national flag at Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi. Henceforth, on each Independence Day, the incumbent Prime Minister customarily unfurls the tricolour and addresses the nation.

Notably, the Indian National Flag is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of India saffron, white and India green. It has an Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in the shade of navy blue at its centre.

The Tiranga was adopted during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947. It went on to become the official flag of the

Dominion of India on August 15, 1947.

The flag is based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya which was first unfurled in 1923.

By law, the flag is to be made of khadi, a special type of hand-spun cloth or silk, made popular by Mahatma Gandhi and its manufacturing process and specifications are laid out by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission has the right to manufacture the flag.

Usage of the flag is governed by the Flag Code of India and other laws relating to the national emblems.

According to the Flag code of India, the Indian flag has a ratio of two by three. All three stripes of the flag (saffron, white and green) are to be equal in width and length. The size of the Ashoka Chakra is not specified by the Flag code of India.

The flag was first proposed by Mahatma Gandhi to Indian National Congress (INC) in 1921 and subsequently the centre representing a traditional spinning wheel, symbolising Gandhi's goal of making Indians self-reliant by fabricating their own clothing was created.

The design was then modified to include a white stripe in the centre for other religious communities.

The saffron, white and green win the flag; represent courage and sacrifice, peace and truth, and faith and chivalry respectively.

Days before India gained independence; a specially constituted Constituent Assembly decided that the flag of India must be accepted by all parties and faiths. Thus, a new version of the Swaraj flag was chosen where even though the tricolour remained the same, the charkha was replaced by the Ashoka Chakra representing the eternal wheel of law

Rules for Hoisting our Tiranga

1. The national flag of India is ideally made of hand-spun and hand-woven wool, cotton, and silk or khadi fabric. It is always rectangular in shape and the ratio of its length to height is 3:2.

2. When the Flag is flown, it should occupy the position of honour. The Flag should be positioned with the saffron band on top and the green band at the bottom.

3. Where it’s customary to hoist the Flag on a building, it will be flown on all days, including Sundays and public holidays. The flag will be hoisted from sunrise to sunset, irrespective of weather conditions.

4. Tiranga should not be in a disheveled condition. It shouldn’t be torn, damaged or disrespected in any manner.

5. The Flag should never be stuffed with sweets, flowers or confetti while unfurling.

6. The tricolour should never be hoisted at half pole. Once hoisted, one should keep in mind that the flag should never touch the ground or trail in water.

7. The national flag should be hoisted at a fast pace but lowered slowly. It is to be noted that while hoisting and lowering the Flag, bugle sound should play.

8. While the flag is being hoisted, everyone should face it. People should stand in attention and sing the national anthem.

9. No other flag should fly higher than the Indian flag or placed side-by-side.

10. The Flag should be taken down in the evening and should be folded and kept in a wooden box.

Display of Tiranga

The Tiranga is colored with saffron as the top band, white band in the centre, dark green band at the bottom and a navy blue Asokha Chakra placed at the centre of the white band.

Correct horizontal and vertical display of the flag

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