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An article in today's "Otago Daily Times" carries a Reuters photo of "Nepali
students in Calcutta marching during a protest rally against the monarchy". I'm
fairly sure I haven't seen this flag on our site. The flag appears to be like
the Chinese PR flag, but with the stars in white rather that gold, and with a
hand reaching up to grab the largest star. Oddly, some of the flags show exactly
the same emblem, but rotated 90 or 180 degrees.
James Dignan, 20 February 2005
I have seen flying this flag around Janakpur, area which is inhabited by Mithila people. Total number of population is around two million and they live on both sides of the India-