🇮🇳 flag: India Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: India Emoji 🇮🇳 Mean?

Saffron sits atop white and India green, with the navy-blue Ashoka Chakra at the center of the middle band. Saffron represents courage and sacrifice, white stands for peace and truth, green honors faith and chivalry, and the Ashoka Chakra symbolizes the eternal wheel of law (dharma) — drawn from the Lion Capital of Ashoka. Adopted on July 22, 1947, three weeks before independence from Britain.

The flag must be made of hand-spun khadi cloth by law. The emoji floods feeds during Independence Day (August 15), Republic Day (January 26), Holi, Diwali, cricket World Cups, and big Bollywood premieres. Travelers tag it with the Taj Mahal, Varanasi ghats, and Goa-beach shots.

Coded in Unicode 6.0 from IN, it pairs with elephant, lotus, samosa, and chai emojis. The vast Indian diaspora across the US, UK, UAE, and Canada uses it constantly. Mahatma Gandhi originally proposed a flag with a charkha (spinning wheel) at the center, which was later replaced by the Ashoka Chakra in 1947.

Indian Republic Day parades along Rajpath in Delhi are among the world's most spectacular flag displays.