List of Indian flags
This is a list of flags used in India
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National Flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 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 |
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Presidential Flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 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 |
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Civil Ensign
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| Image:Indian Civil Ensign.gif | Civil Ensign | Red Ensign with the Flag of India in the canton |
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Military Flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 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 |
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Historical
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 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 |
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Others
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 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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