Flag of British India, 1858–1947
Gandhi's flag, introduced at the Congress meeting in 1921
The Swaraj Flag, officially adopted by the Congress in 1931
Current flag
Pingali Venkayya
The Indian national flag was designed in 1916 by Pingali Venkayya from Machilipatnam. The tricolour flag designed by him, with a charkha in the centre was adopted by the Congress committee in 1931 at Karachi. On July 22, 1947, during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly, it was approved as the National Flag of India with suitable modifications, wherein the Ashok Chakra was adopted in place of the charkha.
