The flag is a tricolour . All the three colours have a great significance.
The three colours are at the top, saffron ("kesari") ,in the middle white, and at the bottom,
green in equal proportion . The ratio of the width of the flag is two to three. There is a navy
blue wheel, ("chakra") in the white band. The wheel , ("chakra") consists of twenty four spokes .
Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
The colours of the flag stand for the 4 P's :
Design of the national flag was adopted by the constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947.
Its use and display are regulated
by a code.
Flag Code
There is a strict flag code which was announced in the year 1950 that regulates the use and display of the national flag. 1.It bars the use of the flag in advertisements or for any other commercial activity. 2.Private citizens are not allowed to fly the flag over their homes, offices or factories except on certain designated days like the Republic Day or the Independence Day. 3.There is a clear proviso in the flag code permitting putting flower petals inside the national Tricolour before it is unfurled on special occasions like Republic Day and Independence Day... the proviso permitting the use of petals was added to Section 5.9 on January 24, 1997
