The Flag Adoption Day is marked to celebrate the adoption of the Tricolour on July 22, 1947, as India's national flag. On January 26, 2002, the flag code was modified to allow the citizens of India to hoist the Indian flag over their homes, offices and factories on any day.

• Former Union minister Harsh Vardhan wished the country on Flag Adoption Day.
• The day is celebrated because the Tricolour was adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947.
• The Tricolour adopted on July 22, 1947, served as the national flag of the Dominion of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950 and that of the Republic of India thereafter, according to goverment website.
• The national flag, which is hoisted on Republic Day and other important events, is a horizontal Tricolor of deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion.
• The government-prescribed ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three.