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The National Flag
तिरंगा
Saffron, white, and green — the soul of a billion hearts
Era
Adopted 22 July 1947
Built by
Pingali Venkayya
Location
Bhārat
Type
Patriotic Places
“This flag is not made of cloth — it is woven of the hopes and dreams of a nation.”
— A tribute to the Tiranga
The Story
The tricolour was adopted of Bhārat on 22 July 1947, weeks before Independence. Its design is credited to Pingali Venkayya, an agriculturist and freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh who first submitted flag designs to the Congress in the 1920s. The flag he designed carries the history of a nation's struggle in its folds.
Each element means something: saffron (kesariya) stands for courage and sacrifice, white for peace, truth, and purity, green for faith, fertility, and the land itself. In the centre, the navy-blue Ashoka Chakra — the eternal wheel of law and dharma — replaces the spinning wheel of earlier Congress flags, giving the flag both a modern and an ancient soul.
The flag flies over every government office, school, and embassy — and, since the Flag Code of 2002, any citizen may fly it with pride, any day of the year. Every Independence Day, it rises over the Red Fort; every home hoists it for festivals. Few flags on Earth are as loved as the Tiranga.
Core Ideas
Three Colours, Three Ideals
Saffron courage, white peace, green faith and fertility.
The Ashoka Chakra
The navy-blue wheel of dharma at the flag's heart.
Pingali Venkayya
The freedom fighter whose design became the Tiranga.
Adopted in 1947
Chosen on 22 July 1947, before the dawn of freedom.
A Flag for Everyone
Since 2002, every person of Bhārat can fly it with pride all year round.
Why it matters today
The Tiranga is the most loved flag on Earth — hoisted on the moon by Chandrayaan's payload, carried to the peaks of Everest, and saluted by a billion people. It is the single most powerful symbol of what it means to be a person of Bhārat.