List of Indian flags

This is a list of flags used in India

Contents

National Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
Image:India flag large.png 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

Presidential Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
Image:Standard of the President of India.gif 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

Civil Ensign

FlagDateUseDescription
Image:Indian Civil Ensign.gif Civil Ensign Red Ensign with the Flag of India in the canton

Military Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Image:In Army.gif Flag of the Indian Army The Army badge on a red field
Image:IndianNavyFlag.jpg Flag of the Indian Navy A white ensign with the Flag of India in the canton
Image:Indian airforce flag.gif 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
Image:In~cg.gif Flag of the Indian Coast Guard A blue ensign with the Flag of India in the canton, and the Coast Guard's badge

Historical

FlagDateUseDescription
Image:Flag of the Viceroy of India.JPG 1885 - 1947 Flag of the Governor-General of India A Union Flag defaced with the Star of India

Others

FlagDateUseDescription
Image:Calcuttaflag.png 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
Image:IndiaHomeRuleFlag.png 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
Image:India1931flag.png Flag of the Provisional Government of Free India Three horizontal strips of saffron, white and green, with a "Charkha" in the center


 
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