New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Did you know who designed India's first national flag? What the colours in the flag represented, how to fly the flag and how to avoid incorrect display of national flag? As the country celebrates its 79th Independence Day on Friday, August 15, here are 10 amazing facts about the "tricolour" or the "tiranga" - our national flag.

The National Flag of India, in its present form, was adopted on July 22, 1947 - a few days before India's independence from the British on August 15, 1947.

In India, the term "tricolour" refers to the Indian national flag.

India's national flag is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion.

In the centre o...