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The TIRANGA/TRICOLOR is the National Flag of India was officially adopted on 22nd July 1947 during a meeting by the constituting assembly. National flag of India is a horizontal rectangular Tricolor flag, consist of three colors, India Saffron on top, India white in middle, India Green at bottom. The ratio of its width with the length of the flag is 2:3.

This symbol has taken from Ashokan pillar at Sarnath near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh represents four lions on the top standing back to back showing the power and Royalty. Its base has an elephant, a horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus and a Dharma Chakra represents the Wheel of Law carved on it. This symbol was adopted as the National Symbol of India by the Indian Government on 26th January 1950.