The
Indian flag was designed as a symbol of freedom.
The late Prime
Minister Nehru called it "a flag not only of freedom for
ourselves, but a symbol of freedom to all people."
The
flag is a horizontal tricolour in equal proportion of deep saffron on the
top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom.
The ratio
of the width to the length of the flag is two is to three.
In
the centre of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate
the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Samath Lion Capital.
Its
diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes.
The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of
renunciation; the white, for purity and truth; the green for faith and
fertility.
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