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Detailed explanation-1: -The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before India’s independence from the British on 15 August, 1947.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who designed the flag of India? The design of the flag of India that was first presented in 1921 to Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the All-India Congress, was created by Pingali (or Pinglay) Venkayya.

Detailed explanation-3: -The flag was hoisted first time by Sachindra Prasad Bose in 1906 in Calcutta and later on in the year 1907, as another tricolour flag was unfurled by the Madam Bhikaji Kama in Stuttgart.

Detailed explanation-4: -On July 22, 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Swaraj Flag as the National Flag of Sovereign India with the Ashok Chakra replacing the spinning wheel.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Indian National Congress, India’s largest political party before independence, adopted a white, green and red flag as its unofficial flag in 1921. The red originally stood for Hinduism, green for Islam, and white stood for other minority religions.