Significance Of Ashoka Chakra In India's Tricolour

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The national flag of India, the Tricolour, signifies the country's status as an independent nation

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The flag's design, adopted just weeks before India's Independence, was chosen to replace the earlier version

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The Ashoka Chakra in the centre of the flag signifies the eternal wheel of law. It has 24 spokes, representing continuous progress

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The original design featured the charkha, the simple spinning wheel, representing self-reliance and resistance during the freedom struggle

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The use of the charkha in the initial design was suggested by Mahatma Gandhi

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On July 22, 1947, the charkha was changed to the Ashoka Chakra, rendered in navy blue on a white background

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The chakra signifies that there is life in movement and death in stagnation

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It represents the dynamism of peaceful change and signals that India should embrace change and move forward

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