Received: 19.06.2017
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The National Flag of India is a horizontal
rectangular tricolour of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka
Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. It was adopted in its
present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947,
and it became the official flag of the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947. The
flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the
term "tricolour" (Hindi: तिरंगा, translit. Tiraṅgā) almost
always refers to the Indian national flag. The flag is based on the Swaraj
flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya.[N 1]
By law, the flag is to be made of khadi, a
special type of hand-spun cloth or silk, made popular by Mahatma Gandhi. The
manufacturing process and specifications for the flag are laid out by the
Bureau of Indian Standards. The right to manufacture the flag is held by the
Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission, who allocates it to
regional groups. As of 2009, the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha has
been the sole manufacturer of the flag.
Usage of the flag is governed by the Flag Code
of India and other laws relating to the national emblems. The original code
prohibited use of the flag by private citizens except on national days such as
the Independence day and the Republic Day. In 2002, on hearing an appeal from a
private citizen, Naveen Jindal, the Supreme Court of India directed the
Government of India to amend the code to allow flag usage by private citizens.
Subsequently, the Union Cabinet of India amended the code to allow limited
usage. The code was amended once more in 2005 to allow some additional use
including adaptations on certain forms of clothing. The flag code also governs
the protocol of flying the flag and its use in conjunction with other national
and non-national flags.
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