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The flag was designed based on the swaraj flag design proposed by Pingali Venkayya. [20] [21] The tricolour flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July 1947. [19] It was unfurled by the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 15 August 1947. [22] National emblem: State Emblem of India [23] 30 December 1947 (Dominion of ...
Surayya Tyabji. Surayya Tyabji (1919–1978) was an Indian artist who assisted in creating the current Indian national flag by adding the Ashoka Chakra from the Lion Capital of Ashoka, replacing the Charkha on the 1931 flag of the Indian National Congress. [ 1]
Ashoka Chakra. Illustration of the Ashoka Chakra, as depicted on the flag of India. The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka 's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the Dharmachakra. It is called so because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, [ 1] most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka. [ 2]
Known for. Design of Indian National Flag. Spouse. Rukminamma. Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876 [ 1][ 2] 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter. He was the designer of the flag on which the initial Indian National Flag was based. [ 3] He was also a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot. [ 4][ 5]
This flag is used to symbolize non-binary pride for people who don't identify with a binary gender like male or female. It was created in 2014 by Kye Rowan. The yellow stripe symbolizes existing ...
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag. Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.
Flag Date Use Description 2022–present: Indian Naval Ensign: The ensign consists of the Indian national flag on the upper canton, a blue octagon encasing the national emblem atop an anchor to depict steadfastness, superimposed on a shield with the Navy's motto “Sam No Varuna” (a Vedic mantra invoking the god of seas to be auspicious) in Devanagari.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir had an officially recognised state flag between 1952 and 2019 under the special status granted to the state by Article 370 of the Constitution of India . The flag was indigo with a plough in the centre. The red background stood for labour and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2.