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This is a list of flags used in India.
[edit] National Flag
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Date |
Use |
Description |
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1947 - Present |
Flag of India |
A horizontal tricolour of saffron at the top, white in the middle and green at the bottom. In the centre is a navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes, known as the Ashoka Chakra |
- note that India's states, including Gujarat, Delhi, Rajastan, and Punjab, do not possess official nor commonly used unofficial flags.
[edit] Presidential Flag
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Date |
Use |
Description |
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Flag of the President of India |
1st quarter: state emblem (the lions of Sarnath) to represent national unity; 2nd quarter: elephant from Ajanta frescos to represent patience and strength; 3rd quarter: scales from the Red Fort, Old Delhi to represent justice; 4th quarter: lotus vase from Sarnath to represent prosperity.
the flag is similar to the royal standard of United Kingdom. Which India became one of its colonies.
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[edit] Civil Ensign
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Date |
Use |
Description |
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Civil Ensign |
Red Ensign with the Flag of India in the canton |
[edit] Military Flags
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Date |
Use |
Description |
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Flag of the Indian Army |
The Army badge on a red field with the Flag of India in the canton |
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Flag of the Indian Navy |
A white ensign with the Flag of India in the canton |
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Flag of the Indian Air Force |
A blue ensign with the Flag of India in the canton, with the roundel of the Indian Air Force |
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Flag of the Indian Coast Guard |
A blue ensign with the Flag of India in the canton, and the Coast Guard's badge |
[edit] Historical
[edit] Others
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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1906 |
Flag of Calcutta |
Three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange, the centre yellow and the bottom green in colour. It had eight half-opened lotus flowers on the top stripe and a picture of the sun and a crescent moon on the bottom stripe. वन्दे मातरम् Vande Mataram was inscribed in the centre in Devanagari |
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1917 |
Flag of the Home Rule Movement |
Five red and four green horizontal stripes. On the upper left quadrant was the Union Jack which signified the Dominion status that the movement sought to achieve. A crescent and a star, both in white, are set in top fly. Seven white stars are arranged as in the Saptarishi constellation (the constellation Ursa Major), which is sacred to Hindus |
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1942 - 1945 |
Flag of the Provisional Government of Free India |
Three horizontal strips of saffron, white and green, with a springing tiger in the center. Although this symbolized the violent resistance of the Azad Hind Movement (as opposed to Gandhian pacifism), the 1931 flag of the Indian National Congress was used when the Indian National Army hoisted its flag in Moirang, Manipur. Both flags were used interchangeably |
