1. Name of Indian’s national flag is called Tiranga
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2. Tiranga has 3 colors; saffron, white and green. Saffron represents renunciation of disinterestedness. White represents peace while green represents growth and prosperity
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3. Tiranga has Ashoka Chakra in the middle with 24 spokes. Ashok Chakra is blue in color to represent ocean and sky
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4. There are 24 spokes in the Ashok chakra that represent the 24 hours and the principle of truth
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5. This Ashok Chakra is the Wheel of the law of dharma
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6. The significance of the colors and the chakra in the National Flag was amply described by Dr S. Radhakrishnan in the Constituent
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7. Indian Flag is designed in the proportion of 3:2
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8. Polyster is the best material used in the manufacturing of Tiranga as it can withstand the extreme weather conditions
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9. Other than Polyster one can use cotton, silk and a special kind of khadi material
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10. Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS) manufactures the national flag tiranga. It is in Bangalore
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11. Manufacturing of Tiranga involves 5 processes: Hand spinning, Hand Weaving, Bleaching and dying of materials, Blue Chakra with 24 equal spokes printing, Stitching and toggling of all the pieces together
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12. According to the code of conduct, there should be exactly 150 threads per square centimeter, four threads per stitch
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13. The weight of one square foot of Tiranga should be exactly 205 grams
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14. The Tiranga should be flown at half-mast which means hauling down the Flag to one half the distance between the top and the guy-line and in the absence of the guy-line, half of the staff
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15. But before flowing half-mast, it should be raised to the top of the mast and then slowly lowered down to half-mast. And, if there are other countries flags also along with the Indian flag, only the Indian flag is half-mast and not others