75th Independence Day: The significance of Ashoka Chakra in India’s Tricolour

Just some days from now, India will rejoice its seventy fifth Independence Day on August 15. So it is solely honest to revisit historic moments and perceive the numerous components that symbolize India.

As an illustration, the nationwide flag of India, colloquially referred to as the Tricolour, signifies the nation’s standing as an unbiased nation whereas celebrating its freedom. Do you know that use of the flag by non-public residents besides on nationwide days such because the Independence Day and the Republic Day is prohibited by legislation?

This is extra on Tricolour, which was adopted in its current type throughout a gathering of the Constituent Meeting on July 22, 1947, simply twenty days earlier than India’s Independence. On August 15, 1947, it grew to become the official flag of the nation. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India.

The horizontal rectangular Tricolour flag consists of saffron, white and inexperienced with the Ashoka Chakra – a 24-spoke wheel in navy blue, resting at its centre.

The Ashoka Chakra is an outline of the Dharmachakra – a wheel represented with 24 spokes. The Ashoka Chakra on the Indian flag is rendered in a navy blue color on a white background, changing the image of charkha (spinning wheel) of the pre-independence variations.

Just some days earlier than the nation grew to become unbiased, a modified model of the Swaraj flag was chosen; the tricolour remained the identical saffron, white and inexperienced. Nevertheless, the charkha was changed by the Ashoka Chakra representing the everlasting wheel of legislation.

And right here’s what the three colors in India’s nationwide flag imply: Saffron signifies the energy and braveness of the nation, whereas the white color represents peace and reality. Whereas the inexperienced color signifies fertility, progress and auspiciousness of the land.