5 Facts About the Adoption of the Tiranga

Producer: Navneet Vyasan

The National Flag of India was adopted during the meeting of Constituent Assembly on the 22 July 1947.

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The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three.

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Jawaharlal Nehru raised the flag over the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi on August 15, 1947.

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The Indian tricolour was designed by Pingali Venkayya, a freedom fighter.

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Jawaharlal Nehru changed the previous version by replacing the charkha with the Ashoka Chakra.

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