Dear Friends, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg File:Flag of India.svg Wishing you all a very Happy Independence Day... 15th August 2011 Here are some facts about Indian Flag: The national flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of deep saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. 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, by law, is to be made of khadi, a special type of hand-spun cloth of cotton or silk made popular by Mahatma Gandhi. The manufacturing process and specifications for the flag are laid out by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The right to manufacture the flag is held by the Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission, who allocate it to the regional groups. As of 2009, the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha was the sole manufacturer of the flag. Usage of the flag is governed by the Flag Code of India and other laws relating to the national emblems. The original code prohibited use of the flag by private citizens except on national days such as the Independence day and the Republic Day. In 2002, on hearing an appeal from a private citizen, Naveen Jindal, the Supreme Court of India directed the Government of India to amend the code to allow flag usage by private citizens. Subsequently, the Union Cabinet of India amended the code to allow limited usage. The code was amended once more in 2005 to allow some additional use including adaptations on certain forms of clothing. The flag code also governs the protocol of flying the flag and its use in conjunction with other national and non-national flags. Best regards, Bindu Sharma Origiin IP Solutions LLP #51, 15th Cross, HSR Layout, Sector 4, Bangalore-560034, India Email: bindu@origiin.com, origiin2010@gmail.com Mobile: +919845 693459 | http://www.origiin.com www.origiin.com Linkedin Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bindusharma <http://www.linkedin.com/in/bindusharma > Blog: http://origiinipae.blogspot.com/ http://origiinipae.blogspot.com/ Special blog for children: http://origiin-youngworld.blogspot.com/ Download complimentary HANDBOOK on IPR from our website: www.origiin.com Without patents, the future of your business may be owned by someone else Information transmitted by this e-mail is proprietary to Origiin, its associated companies and/ or its customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at info@origiin.com and delete this mail from your records. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.