National
Flag
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 Sarnath 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.