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Currently, there are no officially recognised flags of the individual states of the Republic of India.[1]

No legal prohibitions to prevent states adopting distinctive flags exist in either the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.[2] In a 1994 case before the Supreme Court of India, S. R. Bommai v. Union of India, the Supreme Court declared that there is no prohibition in the Constitution of India for a state to have its own flag. However, a state flag should not dishonour the national flag.[3] The Flag code of India also permits other flags to be flown with the Flag of India, but not on the same flag pole or in a superior position to the national flag.[4]

Former official state flags

The State of Jammu and Kashmir had an officially recognised state flag between 1952 and 2019 under the special status granted to the state by Article 370 of the Constitution of India.

Flag State Date Use Description
Jammu and Kashmir 1952–2019 Flag of Jammu and Kashmir The flag was red with three white vertical stripes in the hoist and a plough in the fly. The red background stood for labour, the stripes stood for the three regions of the state namely; (Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh) and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2.[5]

Proposed state flags

Flags have been proposed for the states of Tamil Nadu in 1970 and Karnataka in 2018.

Flag State Date Use Description
Tamil Nadu Proposed in 1970 The Government of Tamil Nadu proposed a design for the Flag of Tamil Nadu in 1970.[6] Grey flag with the flag of India in the canton and the Emblem of Tamil Nadu in the fly.
Karnataka Proposed in 2018 The Government of Karnataka proposed a design for the Flag of Karnataka in 2018.[7] Yellow, white and red tricolour with the Emblem of Karnataka centered on the white band.

State government banners

When a distinctive banner is required to represent a state or union territory, the emblem of the state or union territory can be displayed on a white field.[8][9][10]

States

Union territories

Autonomous administrative divisions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Indian States". crwflags.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Should States have their own flags?". The Hindu. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Non-NDA states playing emblem politics to cover up their failure". 14 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Flag Code of India - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ^ Haynes, Ed (24 September 1996). "Jammu and Kashmir (India)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  6. ^ "When Tamil Nadu proposed a State flag nearly five decades ago". Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Karnataka government unveils the state flag, awaits Centre's approval". hindustantimes.com/. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ^ Ben Cahoon. "Indian states since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Vexilla Mundi". vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Arunachal: New Pema Khandu govt to revamp education, law & order".
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