tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73831455177181340932011-04-21T15:26:40.466-07:00Samnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383145517718134093.post-6508785052809253032007-12-15T21:35:00.000-08:002007-12-15T21:35:42.710-08:00<a href="http://webusabilityhelp.blogspot.com/2007/12/10-ways-to-get-design-approval.html">10 Ways To Get Design Approval</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7383145517718134093-650878505280925303?l=indiaflag.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383145517718134093.post-48685976360948386112007-04-30T05:14:00.000-07:002007-04-30T05:18:06.722-07:00<div align="justify"><strong>THE NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA</strong> is in tricolour ( TIRANGA) of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal propotions.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The Indian flag is a horizontal tricolour in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. The ratio of the width to the length of the flag is two is to three. In the centre of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital. This center symbol or the 'CHAKRA', is a Buddhist symbol dating back to 200th century BC.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Its diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes, which intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation; the white, for purity and truth; the green for faith and fertility. </div><div align="justify"><br />The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by India's constituent assembly on 22nd july, 1947. It's use and display are regulated by a code. </div><div align="justify"><br />The flag symbolizes freedom. The late Prime Minister Pandit Nehru called it a flag not only of freedom for ourselves, but a symbol of freedom for all people.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Interesting Facts - India's Flag </strong></div><div align="justify"><strong></strong> </div><div align="justify">The Indian national flag was hoisted on Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world, on May 29 1953, along with the Union Jack and the Nepalese National flag. </div><div align="justify"><br />Bhikhaji Rustom Cama was the first Indian to have raised an Indian flag on foreign soil and announced to the world our political flight with the British for the country's Independence. Madame Cama's flag had green on the top, golden saffron and red at the bottom. Eight lotuses, representing the eight provinces, were lined on the Indian flag. Vande Mataram was written in gold with the Crescent towards the hoist of the flag and the Sun on the other side.</div><div align="justify"><br />In 1971, the Indian flag, went into space on board Apollo-15. It flew into space as a medallion on the spacesuit worn by Cosmonaut Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, during the Indo-Soviet joint space flight in April 1984.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>PROUD TO BE INDIAN :)</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7383145517718134093-4868597636094838611?l=indiaflag.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samnoreply@blogger.com0