Indian Navy Flags

Last modified: 2004-06-12 by rob raeside
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Currently Used Naval Ensign (2004 series)

1:2 by Zeljko Heimer

The 1950 pattern Naval Ensign has been restored, with the small addition of a national emblem in the centre of the cross, and that it has now been specified in proportion of 1:2. It is also interesting that the 1950 rank flags have been restored intact, and that the official specs are identical (with the addition of a Chakra of course) to those of their UK equivalents.
Christopher Southworth, 25 April 2004

The date of adoption is not firmly known, since the document on-line http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/new_ensign.pdf) announcing them is undated. However, it is clear that the Indian Navy used FOTW images to make some of the images in the document, and these images were not posted to the web by us until late January 2004 (Martin Grieve posted them to FOTW-mailing list in December 2003), and allowing some time for the Indian naval officers to track them down on FOTW and to include them in its documents, I would say that the decision signed by the President could not be more then a month or two old!
Zeljko Heimer, 29 April 2004

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