India Flag

The Indian flag is made up of three equal sized horizontal stripes. The top stripe is orange or saffron, the middle stripe is white, and the bottom stripe is green. In the center of the white stripe is a blue emblem or Ashoka Chakra, which has twenty four spokes. This is the description of the India national flag.

There are two different meanings of the India flag. The first is that the saffron stripe symbolizes the Hindu people, and the green stripe symbolizes the Muslim people. The white stripe represents the truth and peace among the different peoples. The other meaning for the flag of India is that the saffron layer symbolizes courage and sacrifice, the white layer purity and truth, and the green layer faith fertility and chivalry. The emblem symbolizes the wheel of the law. The twenty four spokes of the wheel symbolize the hours in the day or the circle of life. This is the meaning of the Indian flags.

The Indian flag was put into place on July 22, 1947. The British granted India their independence on August 15, 1947. The design was collaboration between the nationalist political party, and the Indian National Congress. This included Mohandas Gandhi, who assisted with the adopting the design for the national flag of India. The India flag was based on a flag first introduced by the Indian National Congress in 1931. As of January 15, 2002, Indian citizens were allowed to fly the flag of India throughout the year. Earlier they were only allowed to do so on special days such as Republic Day and Independence Day. The Delhi High Court ruled that displaying the India national flag was part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression.

There are other flags of India. The first flag is the Presidential flag. The second flag is the civil ensign flag. The last India flags are the ones for the military branches. These are the flags India.

In 1500 BC, the Aryans captured India and created Hinduism. King Ashoka brought together India and established Buddhism in the third century BC. In 1526 Babur founded the Mogul Empire. Robert Clive helped to establish British India. Civil unrest culminated in the Indian Mutiny. After World War I, Mahatma Gandhi started his campaigns of passive resistance. In 1947, British India divided into India and the Muslim state of Pakistan.

Individuals can find more information about the India flag, as well as pictures of the Indian flag on any one of several websites that are available on the internet.