<Tr> <Td> India green </Td> <Td> 0.288 </Td> <Td> 0.395 </Td> <Td> 0.317 </Td> <Td> 8.9 </Td> </Tr> <P> Note that the values given in the table correspond to CIE 1931 color space . Approximate RGB values for use may be taken to be: India saffron #FF9933, white #FFFFFF, India green #138808, navy blue #000080 . Pantone values closest to this are 130 U, White, 2258 C and 2735 C . </P> <P> Gandhi first proposed a flag to the Indian National Congress in 1921 . The flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya . In the centre was a traditional spinning wheel, symbolising Gandhi's goal of making Indians self - reliant by fabricating their own clothing . The design was then modified to include a white stripe in the centre for other religious communities, and provide a background for the spinning wheel . Subsequently, to avoid sectarian associations with the colour scheme, saffron, white and green were chosen for the three bands, representing courage and sacrifice, peace and truth, and faith and chivalry respectively . </P> <P> A few days before India became independent on 15 August 1947, the specially constituted Constituent Assembly decided that the flag of India must be acceptable to all parties and communities . A modified version of the Swaraj flag was chosen; the tricolour remained the same saffron, white and green . However, the charkha was replaced by the Ashoka Chakra representing the eternal wheel of law . The philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who later became India's first Vice President and second President, clarified the adopted flag and described its significance as follows: </P>

Meaning of the colours of indian national flag