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Around the same time, another proposal for the flag was initiated by Sister Nivedita, a Hindu reformist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. The flag consisted of a thunderbolt in the centre and a hundred and eight oil lamps for the border, with the Vande Mataram caption split around the thunderbolt. It was also presented at the Indian National Congress meeting in 1906.^[28] Soon, many other proposals were initiated, but none of them gained attention from the nationalist movement.

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In 1916, Suraiya Tayyabji submitted thirty new designs, in the form of a booklet funded by members of the High Court of Madras. These many proposals and recommendations did little more than keep the flag movement alive. The same year, Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak adopted a new flag as part of the Home Rule Movement. The flag included the Union Jack in the upper left corner, a star and crescent in the upper right, and seven stars displayed diagonally from the lower right, on a background of five red and four green alternating bands. The flag resulted in the first governmental initiative against any nationalistic flag, as a magistrate in Coimbatore banned its use. The ban was followed by a public debate on the function and importance of a national flag.^[29]

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Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Civil air ensign	(-)
		Civil Ensign	An altered version of the Red Ensign, with the National Flag embossed in the canton. Used by civilian ships registered in India and/or owned by Indians by virtue of the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1958.^[3]
		State Ensign	An altered version of the Blue Ensign, with the National Flag and a yellow-coloured anchor embossed in the canton and fly, respectively. Used by Indian Fleet Auxiliaries or other vessels in the event of war; also used by civilian vessels employed by the Government of India.^[3]
		Naval Reserve Ensign	Used by auxiliary-cum-merchant ships whose captain is a Navy Reserve Officer.^[3]

Date	Use	Description
(-)	Ensign of Port of Cochin	Discontinued^[4]
(-)	Ensign of the Bombay Harbour Trust	Discontinued^[4]
(-)	Ensign of Commissioners of the Port of Calcutta	Discontinued^[4]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Indian Armed Forces	(-).
		Ensign of the: Chief of Defence Staff Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee	A maroon ensign furnished with the National Flag in the canton, and a gold-wreathed crest of the Indian Armed Forces embossed in the fly.^[5]
		Flag of the Integrated Defence Staff	A maroon ensign furnished with the National Flag in the canton, and a simple gold crest of the Indian Armed Forces embossed in the fly.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Ensign of the Indian Army	A red ensign furnished with the National Flag in the canton, and the Army Crest in the fly.^[6]
		Flag of the Field Marshal	A red ensign furnished with the National Emblem atop a gold-colored lotus blossom wreath surrounding two crossed batons, along with five five-pointed gold stars.^[7]
		Flag of the Chief of the Army Staff	An altered version of the Indian Army Ensign, furnished with four five-pointed gold stars placed to the right of the Army Crest.^[8] Held only by a four-star General.^[8]
		Flag of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff	A red-black tricolor, furnished with the twin-crossed swords at the centre, the Army Headquarters badge in the canton and three five-pointed gold stars in the fly.
		Flag of the Principal Staff Officer
		Flag of the Lieutenant General
		Flag of the Major General
		Flag of the Brigadier

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Ordnance Corps
		Flag of Corps of EME
		Flag of Regiment of Artillery
		Flag of Service Corps
		Flag of Medical Corps
		Flag of 3rd Cavalry regiment
		Flag of Garhwal Rifles
		Flag of Northern Command
		Flag of Punjab Regiment
		Flag of XIV Corps
		Flag of Corps of Engineers
		Flag of Brigade of The Guards
		Flag of 3rd Infantry
		Flag of 267th Transit Camp
		Flag of Vehicles of Basgo
		Flag of Mechanised Infantry Regiment
		Flag of Remount Veterinary Corps

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Ensign of the Indian Navy	A white ensign, featuring the National Flag in the canton and a navy-blue-filled, gold-bordered octagon enclosing the Indian Naval Crest - placed in the fly.^[9]
		Commissioning pennant of the Indian Navy	A white, triangular pennant enclosing a minuscule version of the octagon-shaped Naval Crest near the hoist.
		President's Colour of the Indian Navy	An altered version of the Indian Naval Ensign, affixed with the National Emblem and National Motto on the upper right canton.^[9]
		Flag of the Admiral	A white flag with a gold-bordered octagon enclosing the crest of the Indian Navy in the middle, and four blue stars in the hoist side.
		Flag of the Vice admiral	A white flag with a gold-bordered octagon enclosing the crest of the Indian Navy in the middle, and three blue stars in the hoist side.
		Flag of the Rear admiral	A white flag with a gold-bordered octagon enclosing the crest of the Indian Navy in the middle, and two blue stars in the hoist side.
		Flag of the Commodore	A white flag with a gold-bordered octagon enclosing the crest of the Indian Navy in the middle, and one blue star in the hoist side.

Date	Use	Description
1950-2001	Indian Naval Ensign	A red cross on a white field, with the Indian national flag in the canton.
2004–2014		A red cross on a white field, with the Indian state emblem in yellow at the center, with the Indian national flag in the canton.
2014–2022		A red cross on a white field, with the Indian state emblem in yellow at the center with the motto Satyamev Jayate below, and the Indian national flag in the canton.
1951-2022	President's Colour	Indian Naval ensign with Presidential Standard elephant.
	Commissioning pennant	A white triangular pennant with at hoist the St. George's red cross defaced with the Ashoka Chakra.
	Flag of the Admiral (was only used by Chief of the Naval Staff)
	Flag of the Vice Admiral (also Vice Chief of the Naval Staff)
	Flag of the Rear Admiral
	Flag of the Commodore
	Flag of the Senior officer

Date	Use	Description
2001–2004	Flag of the Indian Navy	A blue-colored crest of the Indian Navy set upon a white background, with the flag of India placed in the canton.
2001–2004	Commissioning pennant of the Indian Navy
2001–2004	Flag of Admiral of the Fleet of the Indian Navy	Never used.
2001–2004	Flag of Admiral of the Indian Navy
2001–2004	Flag of Vice Admiral of the Indian Navy
2001–2004	Flag of Rear Admiral of the Indian Navy
2001–2004	Flag of Commodore of the Indian Navy
2001–2004	Flag of Senior Officer of the Indian Navy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Indian Air Force	A sky-blue ensign with the flag of India in the canton, the Air Force roundel in the lower fly, and the IAF badge in the upper fly.^[10]
		President's Colour of the Indian Air Force	Air Force ensign with Presidential Standard elephant.
		Flag of the Marshal of the Indian Air Force	Sky blue flag with the badge of the IAF in the center, and 5 five-pointed gold stars in a vertical line in the fly. Only one person has ever been granted the right to this flag.^[11]
		Flag of the Air Chief Marshal (rank currently reserved for the Chief of the Air Staff)	Sky blue flag with the national flag in the canton, the IAF roundel in the lower fly, the IAF badge in the upper fly, and 5 five-pointed gold stars in a vertical line in the fly..^[12]
		Flag of the Air Marshal (also Vice Chief of the Air Staff)	Sky blue flag with IAF roundel in the center surmounted by eagle; 3 five-pointed gold stars in a vertical line in the fly.
		Flag of the Air Vice Marshal	Sky blue flag with IAF roundel in the center surmounted by eagle; 2 five-pointed gold stars in a vertical line in the fly.
		Flag of the Air Commodore	Sky blue flag with IAF roundel in the center surmounted by eagle; 1 five-pointed gold star in the fly.
		Flag of the Group Captain	Flag of Sky blue triangular pennant with IAF roundel in the center surmounted by eagle.
		Flag of the Wing Commander	Sky blue triangular pennant with IAF roundel in the center.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1950-2023	Flag of the Indian Air Force	A sky-blue ensign with the flag of India in the canton, and the Air Force roundel in the fly.^[13]
	1980-2023	Flag of the Air Chief Marshal (was only used by Chief of the Air Staff)	Sky blue flag with the national flag in the canton, the IAF roundel in the lower fly, and the IAF badge in the upper fly.^[14]

Date	Use	Description
1950–1980	Marshal of the Indian Air Force	Never used.^[16]
1950–1980	Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force	Sky blue bordered with two thick golden yellow stripes and with two thick horizontal green stripes in the center.
1950–1980	Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force	Sky blue flag bordered with two thick horizontal golden yellow stripes, with one thick horizontal green stripe in the center.
1950–1980	Air Vice Marshal of the Indian Air Force	Sky blue flag bordered with two thick horizontal golden yellow stripes, with two thin horizontal green stripes in the center.
1950–1980	Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force	Swallowtail sky blue pennant bordered with two thick horizontal golden yellow stripes, with one thin horizontal green stripe in the center.
1950–1980	Group Captain of the Indian Air Force	Triangular sky blue pennant bordered in golden yellow, with one thick horizontal green stripe in the center.
1950–1980	Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force	Triangular sky blue pennant bordered in golden yellow, with two thin horizontal green stripes in the center.
1950–1980	Squadron Leader of the Indian Air Force	Sky blue flag bordered with two thick horizontal golden yellow stripes, with one thin horizontal green stripe in the center surmounted by an eagle in green. Below the stripe is the squadron number.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Indian Coast Guard	A Blue Ensign with the Flag of India in the canton, and the Coast Guard badge in the fly
		Flag of the Director General of the Indian Coast Guard	A Blue Ensign with the Flag of India in the canton, and the Coast Guard badge in the fly
		Flag of the Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard
		Flag of the Inspector-General of the Indian Coast Guard
		Flag of the Deputy Inspector-General of the Indian Coast Guard
		Flag of the Commandant of the Indian Coast Guard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Assam Rifles
		Flag of Rashtriya Rifles
		Flag of Central Reserve Police Force
		Flag of Central Industrial Security Force
		Flag of Railway Protection Force	Link to FLAG
		Flag of Border Security Force
		Flag of Sashastra Seema Bal
		Flag of Indo-Tibetan Border Police
		Flag of National Security Guard
		Flag of Special Protection Group

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Territorial Army
		Flag of National Cadet Corps
		Flag of Border Roads Organisation

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1942–1947	Ensign of the British Indian Army	Red field emblazoned with Star of India crossed by two swords and beneath the Tudor Crown.
	1878–1947	Flag of the Indian Army Service Corps	A Blue Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, and the Star of India crossed by two swords displayed in the fly.

Duration	Use	Description
1320–1413	Flag of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate according to the Catalan Atlas, but there is no evidence this was actually used by the Delhi Sultanate.	A dark green flag with a black strip left of center.
1490–1636	Flag of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate^{[citation needed]}	A dark green triangular swallowtailed field.
1518–1687	Flag of the Golconda Sultanate^{[citation needed]}	A turquoise field.
1526–1858	Flag of the Mughal Empire (Alam)	A flag that was primarily moss green.^[26]
1674–1818	Flag of the Maratha Empire (Bhagwa Dhwaj)^{[citation needed]}	A saffron colored swallowtail flag.
1716–1799	Flag of The Sikh Confederacy^{[citation needed]}	Flag of the Nihang Khalsa Fauj showing weapons like Katar (dagger), Dhal Shield and Kirpan. The standard goes from 'bottom to top' signifying that the armies of the tenth guru are always victorious.
1799–1849	Flag of the Sikh Empire (Nishan Sahib)^{[citation needed]}	A triangular flag that was saffron with a green border.

Date	Use	Description
1667–1791	Flag of the Kingdom of France	Flag of the Kingdom of France.
1791–1794	1791–1792: Flag of the Kingdom of France 1792–1794: Flag of the French First Republic	The flag of France.
1814–1815 1815–1830	Flag of the Kingdom of France under the Bourbon Restoration	Flag of the Kingdom of France.
1794–1804, 1830–1940, 1944–1954	1794–1804: Flag of the French First Republic 1804–1814, 1815: Flag of the First French Empire 1830–1848; Flag of the Kingdom of France 1848–1852: Flag of the French Second Republic 1852–1870: Flag of the Second French Empire 1870–1940: Flag of the French Third Republic and French Empire 1944–1946: Flag of the Provisional Government of the Fourth French Republic 1946–1954: Flag of the French Fourth Republic and French Union	The flag of France.
1940–1944	Flag of French India under Free France	Flag of Free France with the Cross of Lorraine

Date	Use	Description
1497–1521	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.
1578–1616	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.
1616–1640	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.
1640–1667	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.
17th and 18th centuries	Portuguese Indian Naval Ensign.
1667–1706	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.
18th century	Portuguese Indian Merchant Ensign
1706–1750	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.
1816–1826	Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
1826–1830	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.
1830–1910	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal.	Vertical bicolour blue-white. Proportion of the fields: 1:1.
1910–1961 (de facto) 1910–1974 (de jure)	Flag of the Portuguese Republic. The final state flag of Portuguese India.	Used from the implantation of the Portuguese Republic in 1910. Officially used until 1974, as Portugal only then recognised the Annexation of Portuguese India.
1967 (proposed)	Proposed official flag for Portuguese India in 1967.	Proposal by F. P. de Almeida Langhans. Never actually used.
1935–1961	Distinctive Flag of a Portuguese Overseas Governor-General (used by the Governor-General of Portuguese India)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1605–1795	The Prince's Flag
	1652–1795	States Flag
	1795–1806	Flag of the Batavian Republic
	1813–1825	Flag of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

Date	Use	Description
1863–1947	1877–1892 Ensign of Her Majesty's Indian Marine 1892–1928: Ensign of the Royal Indian Marine 1928–1934 Naval jack of the Royal Indian Marine 1934–1947: Naval jack of the Royal Indian Navy	A Blue Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, and the Star of India displayed in the fly.
1884–1928	1884–1892 Naval jack of Her Majesty's Indian Marine 1892–1928: Naval jack of the Royal Indian Marine	The Union Jack with blue border.
1928–1950	1928–1934: Ensign of the Royal Indian Marine 1934–1950: Ensign of the Royal Indian Navy	The White Ensign of the Royal Navy.
1954–1955	1954–1955: Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy 1955: Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy	The St George's Cross. Ensign of an Admiral in the Royal Navy.
1934–1958	1934–1948: Flag of the Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy 1948–1950: Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy 1950–1954: Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy 1955–1958: Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy	Ensign of a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy.
1928–1958	1928–1932: Flag of the Flag Officer Commanding and Director, Royal Indian Marine 1934–1950: Flag of a Flag Officer, Royal Indian Navy 1950–1958: Flag of a Flag Officer, Indian Navy	Ensign of a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy.

Flag	State	Usage date	Description
	Jammu and Kashmir	1947–1952	The flag was red with a plough in the centre. The red background stood for labour and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2.
	Jammu and Kashmir	1952–2019	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 administrative divisions of the state (Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh) and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2.^[20]

Flag	State	Date	Use	Description
	Tamil Nadu	Proposed in 1970	The Government of Tamil Nadu proposed a design for a state flag in 1970.^[21]	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 a state flag in 2018.^[22]	Yellow, white and red tricolour with the Emblem of Karnataka centred on the white band.

Duration	Use	Description
1880–1947	Civil Ensign of India used to represent India internationally.	A Red Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the Star of India emblem displayed in the fly.
1885–1947	Flag of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India	The Union Jack defaced with the insignia of the Order of the Star of India beneath the Tudor Crown.
1858–1947	The official state flag of the British Empire used in India	The Flag of the United Kingdom.
1801–1858	Flag of the East India Company	A striped banner with the Union Jack in the canton.
1707–1801	Flag of the East India Company	A striped banner with the Union Jack of Great Britain in the canton.
1600–1707	Flag of the East India Company	A striped banner with Saint George's Cross in the canton.

Date	Use	Description
1906	Calcutta flag	Three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange, the centre yellow, and the bottom green. 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 Mātaram) was inscribed in the centre in Devanagari. The partition of Bengal (1905) resulted in the introduction of a new Indian flag that sought to unite the multitude of castes and races within the country. The Vande Mataram flag, part of the Swadeshi movement against the British, comprised Indian religious symbols represented in western heraldic fashion. The tricolour flag included eight white lotuses on the upper green band representing the eight provinces, a sun and a crescent on the bottom red band, and the Vande Mataram slogan in Hindi on the central yellow band. The flag was launched in Calcutta bereft of any ceremony and the launch was only briefly covered by newspapers. The flag was not covered in contemporary governmental or political reports either, but was used at the annual session of the Indian National Congress. A slightly modified version was subsequently used by Madam Bhikaji Cama at the Second Socialist International Meeting in Stuttgart. Despite the multiple uses of the flag, it failed to generate enthusiasm amongst Indian nationalists.^[27]
1907	Early Indian nationalist flags ^{[Note 1]}
1907	Early Indian nationalist flags ^{[Note 1]}
1917	Flag of the Home Rule Movement^{[Note 2]}	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 constellation (the constellation Ursa Major), which is sacred to Hindus.
1915–1919	Flag of Provisional Government of India.
1931–1947	The Swaraj Flag, officially adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1931. In the years 1943–1945 it was the official flag of the Azad Hind Imperial Japanese puppet government for India and the Indian National Army
1942–1945	Flag of the Indian Legion of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany	Three horizontal strips of saffron, white, and green, with a springing tiger in the centre.

Date	Use	Description
1902	Design reported in the Daily Express to have been proposed as part of a series of Empire flags that would replace the Union Jack in representing individual territories of the British Empire^[30]	The Cross of Saint George and the crown in the canton would have been present on all Empire flags to represent the English. In the top right would have been the emblem of the territory flying the flag, and in this case, the Star of India. A large sun in the centre symbolizes "the empire on which the sun never sets."
Proposed in 1904, used in April 1910	Flag proposed in an issue of an Anglo-Indian weekly.^[31]	Dark blue, green and light blue triband with a purple band at the hoist depicting the Orion constellation. A thin red border surrounds the whole flag.
1921	Mahatma Gandhi's Original Proposal
1921	Gandhi's flag, introduced at the Indian National Congress meeting in 1921
1947	Louis Mountbatten's proposed flag for India.^[31]	The Swaraj flag with a small Union Flag in the canton.
1965	Proposed official flag for Portuguese India in 1965. The proposal came after the annexation of the territories in 1961 and was part of a series of similar flags for the other colonies.	Proposal by F. P. de Almeida Langhans. Never actually used.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1947–1950	Flag of the Dominion 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.
	1947–1950	Flag of the governor-general of India	Dark blue field emblazoned with the royal crest (a Tudor Crown surmounted by the lion of England, itself wearing the crown), beneath which was the word 'India' in gold majuscules. Similar to flags used by other Governors-General of Commonwealth realms.

Party		Flag	Ref.
	Aam Aadmi Party		^[32]
	Bahujan Samaj Party		^[33]
	Bharatiya Janata Party		^[34]
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		^[35]
	Indian National Congress		^[36]
	National People's Party		^[37]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1919–present	Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
	19th century–1952	Bombay Steam Navigation Company

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