SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The flag adopted in 1931. This flag was also the battle ensign of the Indian National Army. Gandhi ji was fascinated with the idea of having a ‘Charkha’ in the flag as it represented self reliance, progress and common man. It was also called the Swaraj flag, the Gandhi flag and the Charkha Flag.

Detailed explanation-2: -The year 1931 was a landmark in the history of the flag. A resolution was passed adopting a tricolor flag as our national flag. This flag, the forbear of the present one, was saffron, white and green with Mahatma Gandhi’s spinning wheel at the center.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the National Flag which was designed by Pingali Venkayya, the Ashoka Chakra replaced the symbol of Charkha. The Ashoka Chakra represents the Dharma Chakra which is, a wheel represented with 24 spokes, rendered in a navy blue color on a white background in Indian National Flag.