Indian National Flag

The national flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag, with the colours being India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. The flag 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 India on 15 August 1947 . The flag is 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 . The right to manufacture the flag is held by the Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission, which allocates it to regional groups . The manufacturing process and specifications for the flag are laid out by the Bureau of Indian Standards .