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India Flag
भारत गणराज्य (Bhārat Gaṇarājya) / Republic of India
“Tiraṅgā (Tricolour)”
Also known as India (it); Inde (fr); Indien (de); India (es)
ISO 3166: IN (356)
- Adopted
- 22 July 1947
- Proportions
- 2:3
- FIAV usage
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Used as civil, state and military flag, at sea.
- Official status
- ⊕Officially adopted by national law
- Colors
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#FF671F #FFFFFF #046A38 #06038D - Designer
- Pingali Venkayya
- Predecessor
- Swaraj flag of the Indian National Congress
- Regulatory document
- Flag Code of India, 2002; IS 1:1968 (BIS Specification for the National Flag of India)
- Design family
- Horizontal tricolour
- Blazoning
- Three equal horizontal bands of India saffron (top), white (middle) and India green (bottom); centred on the white band, a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra (wheel of dharma) with 24 equally spaced spokes
- Construction sheet
- https://law.resource.org/pub/in/bis/S12/is.1.1968.pdf
📚 Regulatory documents
📅 Timeline
PredecessorSwaraj flag of the Indian National Congress
Current flagsince 22 July 1947