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In June-July 1947, with independence just weeks away, a committee formed to finalise the design of the Indian flag decided to replace the charkha with the Ashok Chakra, taken from the Ashok pillar at Sarnath.
July 1947, just before independence, the charkha was replaced with the Ashokan wheel (chakra) in the design of India's national flag.