<Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 225 × 150 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 150 × 100 </Td> </Tr> <P> The National flag of India is officially described in the Flag Code of India as follows: "The colour of the top panel shall be India saffron (Kesari) and that of the bottom panel shall be India green . The middle panel shall be white, bearing at its centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue colour with 24 equally spaced spokes ." It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India . The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India . In India, the term "tricolour" (Hindi: तिरंगा, Tirangā) almost always refers to the Indian national flag . The flag is based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya . </P> <P> Khadi or hand - spun cloth is the only material allowed to be used for the flag, and flying a flag made of any other material is punishable by law with imprisonment up to three years, besides a fine . Raw materials for khadi are restricted to cotton, silk and wool . There are two kinds of khadi used: The first is the khadi - bunting which makes up the body of the flag, and the second is the khadi - duck, which is a beige - coloured cloth that holds the flag to the pole . The khadi - duck is an unconventional type of weave that meshes three threads into a weave, compared to the two weaves used in conventional weaving . This type of weaving is extremely rare, and there are fewer than twenty weavers in India professing this skill . The guidelines also state that there should be exactly 150 threads per square centimetre, four threads per stitch, and one square foot should weigh exactly 205 grams (7.2 oz). </P>

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