June 18, 2020 – India

Today, the Indian Tricolor flies. The government of India maintains a great web page on the history of the flag. According to that page, “In the national flag of India the top band is of Saffron colour, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The white middle band indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The last band is green in colour shows the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land.” It goes on to describe the chakra in the center of the flag thusly, “This Dharma Chakra depicted the “wheel of the law” in the Sarnath Lion Capital made by the 3rd-century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. The chakra intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.”