Badruddin Tyabji (diplomat)

Badruddin Faiz Tyabji (1907–1995) was a senior Indian Civil Service officer, who served as vice-chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, from 1962 to 1965.

[citation needed][9] Historian Trevor Royle wrote in his book The Last Days of the Raj that Tyabji designed the final form of the current National Flag of India, the tricolour with Ashoka's Dharmachakra in the centre, and that his wife, Surayya Tyabji, made the first copy that flew on Nehru's car on the night of independence.

Royle wrote, "By one of those contradictions which run through India’s history, the national flag was designed by a Muslim, Badr-ud-Din Tyabji.

After much persuasion Gandhi agreed to the wheel because the Emperor Ashoka was venerated by Hindu and Muslim alike.

"[10][11]It was approved , accepted and adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, and it became the official flag of the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947.