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Horizontal tricolour flag (India saffron, white, and India green). In the centre of the white is a navy blue wheel with 24 spokes
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Pingali Venkayya
On August 15, Indians will celebrate65 years of Independence from British rule.India remained under British rule for approximately 200 years before gaining sovereign powers in 1947[N 1]
The National flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag, of India saffron , white and India green ; with the Ashok Chakra , a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. [1] It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India . The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the term " tricolour " almost always refers to the Indian national flag. The flag is based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya .
Indians celebrate 65 years of Independence
15 August 2012
On August 15, Indians will celebrate 65 years of Independence from British rule.India remained under British rule for approximately 200 years before gaining sovereign powers in 1947.
Indian migrants all over the country will celebrate India's Independence Day byattending flag raising ceremonies and partaking in traditional kite-flying; both symbolising the eve of Independence in 1947 when the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru unveiled the Indian tricolour flag on the ramparts of the Red Fort in Delhi.
