NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Myanmar

The current flag of Myanmar was adopted on January 3, 1974 upon the declaration of a socialist republic in Burma (The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma) by the then dictator, General Ne Win. Image File history File links Flag_of_Myanmar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Myanmar. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111110. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burma_(1948-1974). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burma_(1948-1974). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Socialist state. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

The new flag design was not radically different from the previous flag of Myanmar (then called Burma) in that both featured a red field with a blue canton in the upper corner on the hoist side. However, the imagery within the canton was changed to a cog wheel with a bushel of rice superimposed upon it. These socialist symbols stand for the workers and farmers. Surrounding this are 14 five-pointed stars that represent the administrative divisions of Myanmar. The white color symbolizes purity, the blue symbolises peace and integrity, and the red symbolizes courage. A bushel is a unit of volume, used (with somewhat different definitions) in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa The planting of rice is often a labour-intensive process Terrace of rice paddies in Yunnan Province, southern China. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... For alternate meanings see star (disambiguation) Hundreds of stars are visible in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Sagittarius Star Cloud in the Milky Way Galaxy. ... Burma is divided into 7 states and 7 divisions Categories: Myanmar ...

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2006 Proposal

A new national flag was proposed on November 10, 2006, during a constitutional convention. The new flag would compose of three equally sized green, yellow, and red horizontal stripes, with a white star in the hoist end of the green stripe. Green represents peace, tranquillity and the country's lush and verdant environment; yellow represents solidarity; while red represents valour and decisiveness. The star represents "the perpetual existence of the consolidated Union." The preposal for changing the flag was put forward by a commission working under the National Convention, held in Nyaung Hna Pin. However, a few days later, state media reported that the delegates of the National Convention rejected the notion for changing the flag, thus making it irrelevent. ^[1] A constitutional convention is a gathering of delegates for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. ...

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¹ Has some territory in Europe. A transcontinental country is a country belonging to more than one continent. ...

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