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Encyclopedia > Indian Flag Code

The Indian flag code are a set of laws that govern the usage of the Flag of India. The Bureau of Indian Standards is in charge of the enforcement of the manufacture of the flag according to the guidelines. Indian National Flag - tiranga Flag ratio: 2:3 The Flag of India, sometimes also known as the Tiranga (तिरंगा) , which in Hindi means tricolour, was adopted as the national flag of the Republic of India on 1947-07-22, during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly just before India... The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is an autonomous Indian government backed organisation that sets industrial standards in India. ...


Violation of the code may invite severe punishments and penalties. The code was written in 2002 and merged the following acts: provisions of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 (No.12 of 1950) and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 (No. 69 of 1971) 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The code is divided into three parts.


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Indian National Flag - tiranga Flag ratio: 2:3 The Flag of India, sometimes also known as the Tiranga (तिरंगा) , which in Hindi means tricolour, was adopted as the national flag of the Republic of India on 1947-07-22, during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly just before India... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikisource is a sister project to Wikipedia that aims to create a free wiki library of primary source texts, and translations of source texts in any language. ...

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