INDIAN STANDARD
SPECIFICATION FOR THE NATIONAL FLAG
OF INDIA (COTTON KHADI)
National Flag Sectional Committee.
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Chairman
Mr,
Bharat Ram Delhi
Cloth and General Mills Co. Ltd., Delhi
Members
Mr.
M. Krishnamurthi Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Mr.
Dwarka Nath Lele All- India
Spinners’Association, Wardha
Mr.
G.E. Longdin New Egerton Woolen Mills, Dhariwal
Dr.
G.M. Nabar Council
of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi
Dr.
N.L. Narayan Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Dr.
A.V. Raman Minister
of Homes Affairs, New Delhi
Mr.
Vichirtra Naraian Shri Gandhi Ashram, Meerut
Sharma
Mr.
Randhir Singh Director, Indian Standards
Institution, Delhi
(Ex-
Officio)
Dr.
Lal C. Verman Director, Indian Standards
Institution, Delhi
Staff
The
Lt. Mr. C.P. Halkatti Formerly
Assistant Director (Textiles), ISI, Delhi
Mr.
Maharaj Kishen Assistant Director (Textiles), ISI, Delhi
Mr.
T. Balakrishnan Technical Assitant, ISI, Delhi
(All Rights Reserved)
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FOREWORD (Exceprts)
The
honourable Shri Jawaharlal Nehru presented to the constituent Assembly of India
on 22 July 1947, two flags, one of silk and the other of cotton khadi,
specially designed and manufactured for adoption as the National Flag of India.
He moved the following Resolution: “Resolved that the National Flag of India shall
be a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (Kesari), white and dark green in
equal proportion. In the centre of the White Band, there shall be a wheel in
Navy Blue to represent the Charkha. The design of the Wheel shall be that of
the wheel (Chakra) which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of
Asoka. The diameter of the Wheel shall approximate to the width of the white
band. The ratio of the width to the length of the Flag shall ordinarily be 2:3”
The motion was adopted, the whole Assembly standing.
This
Resolution did not purport to furnish full details regarding the quality of the
cloth and other particulars required for the manufacture of Flags. Hence the
necessity arose for the preparation of self- contained specifications for the
National Flag of India.
The
Army Headquarters, who has issued a working drawing for the National Flag for
the use of Army, suggested to the Indian Standards Institution to issue a
standard for the National Flag on the basis of their requirements
The
Government of India in the mean while expressed a desire that the cloth used
for the manufacture of the Flag for use of by Government should be hand-spun
and hand-woven khadi. Accordingly it was decided to formulate standards of the
National Flag involving the use of hand-spun and hand- woven cotton, woollen
and silk fabrics.
This
standard deals only with the National Flag made of cotton khadi. Standards for
national Flags made of wool and silk are being dealt with separately.
The
use of this standard requires reference
to the following Indian Standards:
IS: 9–1949 Method
of Test for Determining Shrinkage in Woven Cotton and linen Cloth on
Washing
IS: 237–1951 Method
for the Determination of Cotton Yarn (of Yarn Melidity in GK)
IS: 238–1951 Method for the Determination of Twist in
Cotton Yarn
IS: 240–1951 method
for the Determination of Ends and Picks in Woven Cotton Fabrics
IS: 242–1951 Method
for the Determination of Weight per Unit Area or Unit Length of Cotton Fabrics
IS: 243–1951 Method
for the Determination of Breaking Load (Strength) and Extension of Woven Cotton
Fabric (By Constant- Rate-Of- Traverse Method)
Except
IS: 9–1949 which
is already published, all these standards are in advanced stage of preparation
and are expected to be published soon.
In
the preparation of this standard, considerable assistance has been received
from the All India Spinner’ Association, government of Rajasthan, the
Directorate of Technical Development (Ministry of Defence), Department of
Chemical Technology (University of Bombay), and others.
