The Indian National Flag also called the tricolour is a horizontal rectangle of saffron white and India green and Ashoka chakra at the centre with 24 spokes in navy blue colour. It was adopted on 22nd July 1947 during a meeting of the constituent assembly.
The Indian National flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya and is based on the Swaraj flag. The Indian flag is to be made of khadi cloth which is a special hand-spun material.