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![[Mysore]](../images/i/in-mysor.gif)
by
Blas Delgado Ortiz
Source: Ziggiotto (1998).
See also: Mysore - or (since 1973) Karnataka, State, S India; capital Bangalore; 74,037 square miles. Title: Maharajah.
Jarig Bakker, 12 November 1998
The flag of Mysore was red over brown with arms in the centre. The image above, without arms, is incorrect and this
flag was never official. The colours of the flag are defined in French as "rouge brique sur brun" [brick red and brown]. As far as I know the brown is a light maroon (perhaps like the golden shown in
Neubecker (1992)) and I speculate that the flag can in fact be red over golden. Remember that some months ago Nozomi Kariyasu travelled to Bangalore (capital of Mysore/Karnataka and he saw many red over yellow flags.
Jaume Ollé, 21 August 2000
Brun is brown, so I would say maroon rather than golden.
Olivier Touzeau, 22 August 2000
![[Mysore]](../images/i/in_myso1.gif)
by
Blas Delgado Ortiz
This is the old flag of the Tippu's navy of Mysore (in use c.1784-1799), white with a red border, with five red disks, one in the center, the others in the four corners. Sourc