tricolour was adopted as indian national flag on 15 august 1947.
when was tricolour adopted as indian national flag?
15 august 1947
the national flag of india is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of india saffron, white and india green; with the ', a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. it was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the constituent assembly held on 22 july 1947, and it became the official flag of the dominion of india on 15 august 1947. 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 ' flag, a flag of the indian national congress designed by pingali venkayya and first flown in 1923.
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the society had a distinctive elaborate banner with red, white and green being prominent colours. for ease of manufacture a tricolour flag was adopted. this native flag consisted of three equal width vertical panels of red (at the hoist), white (in the centre ) and green ( on the fly) in proportion 1:2. other natives' society branches, notably in carbonear and harbour grace, adopted this same red, white and green flag, thus establishing it as the first widely recognized unique but unofficial national flag of newfoundland. it was commonly called the "native flag". with the introduction of responsible government in 1855 need for the society lessened and it ceased functioning in 1866. in 1871 the catholic church sponsored a fisherman's aid and benefit organization. this was the star of the sea association. its banner was a pink cross and a white star on a green background. this gave rise to the commonly named pink, white and green (sic) tricolour flag which with the demise of the natives' society was mistakenly referred to as the native flag by the public and even newspaper reporters. this green-white-pink tricolour of the star of the sea association has mistakenly become known as the newfoundland tricolour flag. it is not. it is the flag of the star of the sea association. the true newfoundland tricolour flag is the natives' society's red-white-green tricolour flag. it served as the unofficial national flag of newfoundland (island and labrador) for many years in the nineteenth century and in the early twenty-first century has been revived as the newfoundland regional flag.
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