Flag of India
Three equal horizontal bands of saffron, white and green, with a navy blue Ashoka Chakra — a wheel with 24 spokes — in the centre of the white band.
What Does the Flag of India Mean?
Saffron stands for courage and sacrifice, white for truth and peace, and green for faith and growth. The chakra is taken from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath and represents the wheel of law.
Main colours: orangegreenwhite
Flags That Look Like India’s
Niger. Niger has orange, white and green bands with an orange disc, and an almost square shape.
Key Facts About India
| Official name | Republic of India |
|---|---|
| Capital | New Delhi |
| Continent | Asia (Southern Asia) |
| Land area | 3,287,590 km² — #7 of 195 |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Tamil |
| Currency | Indian rupee |
| Flag colours | orange, green, white |
| Flag proportions | 2:3 (height:width) |
| Flag adopted | July 22, 1947 |
| ISO 3166-1 codes | IN / IND / 356 |
Which Countries Border India?
India shares a land border with 6 countries:
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Other Countries in Asia
AfghanistanKabul
ArmeniaYerevan
AzerbaijanBaku
BahrainManama
BangladeshDhaka
BhutanThimphu
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
CambodiaPhnom Penh
ChinaBeijing
GeorgiaTbilisi
IndonesiaJakarta
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IsraelJerusalem
JapanTokyo
JordanAmman
KazakhstanAstana
KuwaitKuwait City
KyrgyzstanBishkek
LaosVientiane
LebanonBeirut
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MaldivesMalé
MongoliaUlan Bator
MyanmarNaypyidaw
NepalKathmandu
North KoreaPyongyang
OmanMuscat
PakistanIslamabad
PalestineRamallah
PhilippinesManila
QatarDoha
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
SingaporeSingapore
South KoreaSeoul
Sri LankaColombo
SyriaDamascus
TajikistanDushanbe
ThailandBangkok
Timor-LesteDili
TurkeyAnkara
TurkmenistanAshgabat
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
UzbekistanTashkent
VietnamHanoi
YemenSana'a
Flag of India: FAQ
What does the flag of India look like?
Three equal horizontal bands of saffron, white and green, with a navy blue Ashoka Chakra — a wheel with 24 spokes — in the centre of the white band.
What colours are on the flag of India?
The main colours are orange, green, white.
When was the flag of India adopted?
The current flag was adopted on July 22, 1947.
What is the capital of India?
The capital of India is New Delhi.
Which flags look like the flag of India?
Niger has orange, white and green bands with an orange disc, and an almost square shape.
Data Sources
Country names, capitals, area, languages, currencies and borders: the world-countries dataset (ODbL), based on ISO 3166-1 and ISO 4217. Flag image: public domain, via flagcdn.com. Flag colours and proportions are measured from the image.