Flag of India However, Jawaharlal Nehru explained that the change was more practical in nature, as unlike the flag with the spinning wheel, this design would appear symmetrical. Gandhi was not very pleased by the change, but eventually came around to accepting it. The flag was proposed by Nehru at the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947 as a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron, white and dark green in equal proportions, with the Ashoka wheel in blue in the centre of the white band. Nehru also presented two flags, one in Khadi-silk and the other in Khadi-cotton, to the assembly. The resolution was
Navdeep Singh (Ashok Chakra) to his hometown Gurdaspur the next day wrapped in the Indian flag in a military convoy. Mourners included people of his hometown, personnel from civil and army officers and soldiers from his regiment who gave him a guard of honor and the final salute. A state cabinet minister representing the chief minister laid a wreath on his body. He was cremated with full state and army honors amid crowd showering flowers and chanting "Navdeep Singh amar rahe". He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra posthumously on the 63rd Republic Day by President of India Pratibha Patil. Navdeep Singh (Ashok Chakra) Lieutenant