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In India, the term "tricolour" almost always refers to the Indian national flag. The current Indian flag was designed by Badruddin Tyabji based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress adopted by Mahatma Gandhi after making significant modifications to the design proposed by Pingali Venkayya. [3]
The Indian rupee symbol, adopted in July 2010, is a combination of Devanagari "Ra" and the Roman letter "R" with two parallel horizontal lines at the top which represent the national flag and indicate equality. [52] National calendar Indian National Calendar [55] 22 March 1957 [55]
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
The Swaraj Flag, officially adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1931. In the years 1943–1945 it was the official flag of the Azad Hind Imperial Japanese puppet government for India and the Indian National Army: 1942–1945: Flag of the Indian Legion of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany
Flag Code of India (2002) and Specification for the National Flag of India (Cotton Khadi) (amended in 1979). Millimeter have been removed in favour of unitless dimensions. The dimensions on this construction sheet can be scaled to create the Ashoka Chakra used on flag sizes #1, #2, #3, and #4. No scaling is required for flag size #6.
The new tricolour flag with the central white band and emblem, was designed to distance itself from regional political parties and emulate the structure of the Indian Tricolour. [7] In August 2019, the Government of Karnataka announced it was no longer officially pursuing the proposal for an official state flag. [ 8 ]
Basic geometry of the flag is based on Flag Code of India (2002). Full geometry of the Ashoka Chakra is based on the Specification for the National Flag of India (Cotton Khadi) (amended in 1979). 1.1 The National Flag shall be a tri-colour panel made up of three rectangular panels or sub-panels of equal widths.
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