National Emblem of India is called The State Emblem of India. The Symbol Of National Emblem is a Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, preserved in the Varanasi Sarnath Museum in India.
The Emblem Use For Government official Work And appears prominently on Indian passports. As a reference to Press Information Bureau of India Archive, a representation of Lion Capital of Ashoka was initially adopted as the emblem of the Dominion of India in December 1947.
The current version of the emblem was officially adopted in 1950.