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What is the number of spokes in the Dharmachakra in the National Flag of India?
Explanation
The Ashoka (Dharmachakra) placed at the centre of the white band of the Indian national flag is specified to have 24 equally spaced spokes. The official description in the flag specifications describes the middle white panel bearing the design of the Ashoka Chakra in navy blue with 24 equally spaced spokes, centrally located and visible on both sides of the flag [1]. Government and authoritative descriptions of the flag trace the Chakra’s design to the Sarnath Lion Capital and explicitly state that the wheel’s design has 24 spokes, symbolizing movement and the wheel of law, with its diameter approximately equal to the width of the white band [2].
Sources
- [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 92: World Constitutions > PART I GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NATIONAL FLAG > p. 731
- [2] https://knowindia.india.gov.in/my-india-my-pride/indian-tricolor.php
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