Emblem, and the Buddhist Wheel of Law(Dharmachakra) in the Central part of the National Flag.
The three inspiring personalities behind the adoption of these symbols of the Buddhist culture as ‘National Symbols’ were: Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of the Constituent Assembly, who hailed from Bihar, the land of Buddha's Enlightenment; Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister, a great admirer of the Buddha and Asoka; and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Chairman of the Committee which drafted the Constitution, who was to change the course of history a few years later by leading millions of his followers to the fold of Buddhism.
On 22 July, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru moved the following Resolution in the Constituent Assembly: