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This is a list of flags used in India.
[edit] National Flag
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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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 |
[edit] Presidential Flag
| Flag |
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 |
[edit] Civil Ensign
| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
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Civil Ensign |
Red Ensign with the Flag of India in the canton |
[edit] Military Flags
| Flag |
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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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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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 constallation (the constallation Ursa Major), which is sacred to Hindus |
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Flag of the Provisional Government of Free India |
Three horizontal strips of saffron, white and green, with a spinning wheel in the center |
