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           Evolution of the Indian  National Flag     

First Flag :   The first National flag of india was hosted on August 7 , 1906 in the Parsee 
                           Began Square   ( Green Park ) calcutta .

                           Has stripes of three  colours the flag was composed of three three equal
                           horizontal stipes of green , Yellow and Red .

Top strip  : Green coloured strip with eight white lotuses embossed in a row . 

Middle strip : Yellow strip with word Vande Matram is dark  blue colour in Devnagari .

Bottom  strip : Red strip with a white sun on left and a white crescent moon with a star  on right side.

Second Flag : Prepared in 1921 by the Congressman under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi at All india congress meeting at Bezwada ( vijaywada) Gandhiji added a middle white strip to the orginally two coloured top red and bottom green coloured flag presented by an Andhra youth Pingali Venkaigah .


Safffron coloured  strip = represented Hindus.
Green coloured strip     = represented Muslims
white coloured strip      = represented rest Community .
Gandhiji also added the  ' Charkha'  in the middle of stripe as a symbol of progress .

Third Flag : Hoisted on July 22 , 1947 as a flag of free India's National flag and then adopted by Constituent Assembly.
Significance of tricolor remains same . Top saffron , middle white and bottom green
Charkha in navy blue which appears on the lion capital of Ashok sarnath , as Dharma Chakra , Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes and its colour is blue.

Significance of colour of tricolours:
        Top strip - Saffron : Courage and Sacrifice .
        Middle  strip - White : Truth and Peace .
        Bottom strip -  Green : Fith and Chivalry
        24 spokes is shown as 24 hour in a Day
Size - the ratio of the Flag is 3 : 2
The Diameter of this Chakra is three-fourths of the height of the white strip .