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The national flag of the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत का ध्वज) originally featured a spinning wheel in the center, which was first proposed by Mohandas Gandhi and was designed by Pingali Venkayya in 1921. This was meant to reflect the self-sufficiency of the Indians who used spinning wheels to create their own clothing. A modified version of the Swaraj flag was chosen; the tricolour remained the same saffron, white and green. However, the charkha was replaced by the Ashoka Chakra representing the eternal wheel of law. Even though the design of the wheel has changed throughout history, it still remains in use to a degree today. The background is composed of three colored bands of the same size. From the top down, the colors are saffron, white and green. Saffron was chosen to represent courage and sacrifice. White was selected to represent peace and truth. Faith and chivalry are represented by the lower band of green. Indian flags must be created using hand-spun cloth known as khadi. Anyone that flies a flag not made of this material will be fined and could also receive up to three years of jail time. Only four places in India are licensed to make the cloth that is used for flags.

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Historical Flags[]

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