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Flag of India*
country	India
used by	India
current since	1947-08-15
created by	Pingali Venkayya
format	2:3
shape	rectangular
FIAV	↑
colours	#ff9933, white, green
other characteristics	flag has 3 horizontal stripes flag contains symbol: Dharma-chakra

Summary

English: The flag of India.

Česky: Vlajka Indie

Deutsch: Flagge Indiens.

Esperanto: La flago de Barato (Hindio)

Español: Bandera de la India

Plattdüütsch: Flagg vun Indien.

Slovenščina: Državna zastava Indije

Walon: Drapea d' l' Inde

Français : Drapeau de l'Inde

The colours are saffron, white and green. The navy blue wheel in the center of the flag has a diameter approximately the width of the white band and is called Ashoka's Dharma Chakra, with 24 spokes (after Ashoka, the Great). Each spoke depicts one hour of the day, portraying the prevalence of righteousness all 24 hours of it.

Licensing:

English: This image was created by User:SKopp.

Deutsch: Dieses Bild wurde von User:SKopp erstellt.

Español: Imagen creada por User:SKopp.

Français : Cette image est l'œuvre de User:SKopp.

Walon: Imådje fwaite pa User:SKopp.

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

In case this is not legally possible:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

	This image is in the public domain in India because its term of copyright has expired. Indian copyright act applies in India, to images first published in India. According to The Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (Chapter V Section 25), Anonymous works, photographs, cinematographic works, sound recordings, government works, and works of corporate authorship or of international organizations enter the public domain 60 years after the date on which they were first published, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (ie. as of 2008, works published prior to 1 January 1948 are considered public domain). Posthumous works (other than those above) enter the public domain after 60 years from publication date. Any other kind of work enters the public domain 60 years after the author's death. Text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports are free from copyright.
	This image might not be in the public domain outside India. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:39, 21 September 2007		1,350×900 (9 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(Honey, I broke the image)
	22:28, 21 September 2007	No thumbnail	(10 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to version as of 06:31, 9 February 2006)
	20:52, 15 September 2007		1,200×800 (1 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to version as of 23:54, 24 March 2006)
	07:12, 26 March 2006	No thumbnail	(10 KB)	Nichalp (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	01:14, 25 March 2006		1,200×800 (1 KB)	Pumbaa80 (Talk \| contribs)	(Wheel slightly improved. Colors changed according to http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/in.html#colour)
	23:54, 24 March 2006		1,200×800 (1 KB)	Pumbaa80 (Talk \| contribs)	(File re-coded by hand. File size significantly reduced. More saturated orange. Used [http://homepage.mac.com/gratitude/PeacePath__Flags_Data/IndiaF.gif this] as a template.)
	06:31, 9 February 2006		450×300 (10 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(did some little compression, I will try to do more later)
	04:50, 30 December 2005		450×300 (11 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(Saved it as a simple SVG file)
	10:11, 28 November 2005		450×300 (23 KB)	Nichalp (Talk \| contribs)	(Modified colours as per the old png version)
	06:31, 16 October 2005		450×300 (11 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(Compression)
	03:30, 10 October 2005		450×300 (12 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(I have changed the colors and the central emblem to match http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:India_flag_large.png.)
	04:58, 28 September 2005		450×300 (11 KB)	SKopp (Talk \| contribs)	(The flag of India. Source: Drawn by User:SKopp {{Template:Insignia}} Category:Flags of India)