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Encyclopedia > List of Indian flags

This is a list of flags used in India.

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National Flag

Flag Date Use Description
1947 - 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

Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Indian National Flag Flag ratio: 2:3 The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on the 22nd of July 1947, a few days before Indias independence from the British on the 15th of August 1947. ... In Hinduism and and in some related Asian cultures, chakra is thought to be an nexus of metaphysical and/or biophysical energy residing in the human body. ...

Presidential Flag

Flag Date Use Description
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

Standard of the President of India File links The following pages link to this file: President of India ... Standard of the President of India The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ...

Civil Ensign

Flag Date Use Description manash
Civil Ensign Red Ensign with the Flag of India in the canton

Image File history File links Indian-Merchant-Navy-Ensign. ...

Military Flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the [[Manash Parhi]] The Army badge on a red field
Flag of the Indian Navy A white ensign with the Flag of India in the canton
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
Flag of the Indian Coast Guard A blue ensign with the Flag of India in the canton, and the Coast Guard's badge

Flag of the Indian Army File links The following pages link to this file: Indian Army ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_India. ... Components Indian Army Indian Air Force Indian Navy Indian Coast Guard Indian Paramilitary Forces Strategic Nuclear Command History Military history of India British Indian Army Indian National Army Ranks Air Force ranks and insignia of India Army ranks and insignia of India Naval ranks and insignia of India Related Info... Image File history File links IAF-flag. ... The Indian Air Force (भारतीय वायु सेना : Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air-arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting air-based warfare and securing Indian airspace. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Indian Coast Guards coat of Arms. ...

Historical

Flag Date Use Description
1885 - 1947 Flag of the Governor-General of India A Union Flag defaced with the Star of India

Image File history File links India-Viceroy-1885. ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag or Union Jack is the flag most commonly associated with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and was also used throughout the former British Empire. ...

Others

Flag Date Use Description
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 Hindi
Manash 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 constallation (the constallation Ursa Major), which is sacred to Hindus
Flag of the Provisional Government of Free India Three horizontal strips of saffron, white and green, with a "Charkha" in the center


Image File history File links Calcutta Flag – Unofficial flag of India in 1907. ... The Calcutta Flag The Calcutta Flag was one of the first unofficial flags of India. ... Image File history File links The flag used during the Home Rule Movement in 1917 in India. ... Home Rule flag The Home Rule Movement was formed by Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak with the aim of seeking a Dominion status within the British Empire to the Indian Empire in 1917. ... Image File history File links The flag of India used in 1931. ... Flag of the Provisional Government of Free India. ...

 
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