🐼 Asia
Flag of India
🎨 What the flag means
India's flag, called the Tiranga, has saffron, white and green stripes with a navy blue wheel in the middle. Saffron is often said to stand for courage, white for peace and truth, and green for the land and its plants. The wheel, the Ashoka Chakra, has 24 spokes and stands for law and moving forward.
📊 Quick facts
- 👥 Population
- 1.3 billion (2020)
- 🏙️ Capital
- New Delhi250 thousand people (2011)
- 🗣️ Main language
- HindiAlso official: English, Tamil
✨ 3 fun facts
- Bengal tigers and Ganges river dolphins are among the amazing animals living in India.
- Long ago, Indian mathematicians helped develop the idea of zero as a number.
- Cricket is the most watched sport in India.