File:Flag of India.svg

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Ænglisc: Indeas Fana
Čeština: Indická vlajka
Cymraeg: Baner India
English: The Flag of India. The colours are saffron, white and green. The navy blue wheel in the center of the flag has a diameter approximately the width of the white band and is called Ashoka's Dharma Chakra, with 24 spokes (after Ashoka, the Great). Each spoke depicts one hour of the day, portraying the prevalence of righteousness all 24 hours of it.
Esperanto: Flago de Barato (Hindio)
Français : Drapeau de l'Inde
Gaeilge: Bratach na hIndia
Gàidhlig: Bratach na h-Innsean
Interlingua: Bandiera de India
Interlingue: Flagga del India
Kernowek: Baner Eynda
Latina: Vexillum Indiae
Nederlands: Vlag van India
Nouormand : Couleu d'Înde
Novial: Flage de India
Plattdüütsch: Flagg vun Indien
Português: Bandeira da Índia
Scots: Banner o Indie
Slovenščina: Državna zastava Indije
Русский: Флаг Индии
Татарча / tatarça: Һиндстан байрагы
Українська: Прапор Індії
नेपाल भाषा: भारतयागु ध्वांय
नेपाली : भारतको राष्ट्रीय झण्डा
पालि: भारत पताका
বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী : ভারতর ফিরালহান
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ : ਭਾਰਤ ਦਾ ਝੰਡਾ
ଓଡ଼ିଆ : ଭାରତର ଜାତୀୟ ପତାକା
සිංහල : ඉන්දියාවේ ජාතික කොඩිය
မြန်မာဘာသာ – အိန္ဒိယနိုင်ငံ၏ အလံတော်
日本語 印度の国旗
中文(简体) 印度国旗
中文(繁體) 印度國旗
اردو : بھارت کا پرچم
العربية : علم الهند
پښتو : د هندوستان بېرغ
پنجابی: ھندستان دا چنڈا
فارسی : پرچم هند
ދިވެހިބަސް: އިންޑިޔާގެ ދިދަ
Date 1947-present
Source

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  • CONSTRUCTION SHEET:
Flag of India*
country India
used by India
current since 1947-08-15
created by Pingali Venkayya
format 2:3
shape rectangular
FIAV ↑
colours saffron, white, green, blue
     saffron rendered as RGB 255 103 031
     white rendered as RGB 255 255 255
     green rendered as RGB 004 106 056
     blue rendered as RGB 006 003 141
other characteristics flag has 3 horizontal stripes

flag contains symbol: Dharma-chakra

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Derivative works of this file:  Ashoka Chakra.svg

 See also category: Flags of India.
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Colours scheme

Source: [1]:

India saffron (Kesari) White India green Navy blue
RGB 255/104/32 255/255/255 4/106/56 7/3/141
Hexadecimal #FF6820 #FFFFFF #046A38 #07038D
CMYK 0/59/87/0 0/0/0/0 96/0/47/58 95/98/0/45
Pantone 165 C White 349 C 2738 C

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