India Flag

The flag of India was adopted on July 22, 1947, after India became independent from Great Britain. The Indian flag displays three equal horizontal bars (saffron, white and green) with a blue Dharma Chakra (the wheel of law) in the center. The wheel has 24 spokes, representing the 24 hours in a day (at the end of each spoke is a dark blue half-moon). The Saffron color symbolizes courage and sacrifice (saffron is the sacred color of Hinduism). White standing for peace, unity and truth and green stands for fertility (although it originally symbolized Islam). The blue symbolizes the sky and the ocean.