During school days, two things that comes to our mind about Independence Day is
the chocolates and the national flag that we pin on our shirt.
Nation Flag is our identity and our pride.
If we don't pin our National Flag on our shirt on this day
we might even be termed as being disloyal to our country.
But to all those patriotic people, are you wearing the correct National Flag?
No. They don't.
Because, in recent times the flags that we see or the ones that we use are mostly wrong.
You don't believe me?
Let's go buy some flags and
let's find the right and wrong flags.
To know whether the flag that we use is right or wrong
we should know about aspect ratio.
Let's understand the concept of aspect ratio using this paper.
The length of this paper is 40 cm and its breadth is 20 cm
Now, if we divide the length by breadth, we will get 2:1
i.e., the length is twice its breadth.
So the aspect ratio of this paper is 2:1
So, the aspect ratio of an image or a screen would be the ratio between its width and height.
The aspect ratio of the mobile phones, TV, laptops developed in recent times
i.e.. the ratio between its width and height, is 16:9
For example, while watching a video in our laptop
even if minimize or maximize it, the aspect ratio, i.e., 16:9, remains the same.
If the ratio is not maintained we will either lose some information
or the quality of the video is lost due to pixellation.
The aspect ratio of the videos during 1950's are generally 4:3
The olden day TV looks square because of this 4:3 aspect ratio.
If we play a 4:3 ratio olden day video in our recent model HD TV
you can see a black bar on either side of the video.
Likewise, when movies are telecasted, you can see a black bar above and below the movie on your TV screen.
This is because the movies are produced in 2.35:1 ratio.
when we watch that footage in a 16:9 ratio TV
the video will fit into our TV screen only with those black bars.
But the serials and reality shows that are produced exclusively for TV
are produced at 16:9 ratio only. Hence, there are no black bars while watching it.
And yes, what is relation between aspect ratio and our National Flag?
The National Flag of any country will have a specific   flagcode
The most important part of the flag code is
it gives the aspect ratio the National Flag.
i.e., the ratio between the flag's width and height will be mentioned.
Each nation will have such a flag code.
The aspect ratio of our National Flag is mentioned as 3:2
Just like us, about 90 other countries have their flag ratio as 3:2
If you see the Indian Flag code, there are about 9 standard sizes
all of this have an aspect ratio of 3:2
Now let us go buy the flags from our local shops and
let us check whether the aspect ratio is 3:2
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In our country, most of the people who manufacture our National Flag are not aware of this aspect ratio.
The flags are in different ratios.
We should get approval from the government in order to manufacture our National Flag.
We have bought about 3-4 National Flags from three different shops.
Let's check the aspect ratio of these flags.
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When we measured the flag, the width was 179 cm and height was 112.5 cm.
The ratio between its width and height is not 3:2
The ratio between the width and height of this flag also is not 3:2
Third flag. The width of this flag is 56 cm and height is 52 cm.
Obviously, the ratio is not 3:2 and it is in square shape. This is wrong.
All the flags that we bought, which are made out of cloth did not match the aspect ratio.
We also bought the flags made out of paper and checked its aspect ratio.
The aspect ratio of this flag was almost equal to 3:2
Of all the flags we bought, only this flags has the 3:2 aspect ratio.
This flag's ratio did not match 3:2 ratio.
If you look closely, the green colour part is too wide. It is so badly manufactured.
According to the Bureau of Indian Standards,
there are certain rules and regulations for the manufacturing of our Indian Flag.
For example, the type of cloth that should be used, the colour, the aspect ratio, the size is all defined.
Above all, even the amount of thread to be used in a National Flag is also mentioned.
If all these criteria are not satisfied, it won't be a correct National Flag.
Most of us don't know this information.
One more interesting fact is that
On the whole of India, the only organization to hold the license to manufacture our National Flag is
KKGSS
This organization is located in Bengeri village in Karnataka.
Only they manufacture our National Flag following the given Flag Code standard.
Manufacturing our National Flag without following the standard is anti national,
worse than printing fake currency.
Leave them!
National Flag is our pride.
Just standing in theaters during our National Anthem alone doesn't make you a good citizen.
As a responsible Indian citizen, It is our duty to buy and use the right flag.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
