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 Samath 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.