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The national flag of India, colloquially called Tiraṅgā (the tricolour), is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag, the colours being of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held ...
The Indian rupee symbol, adopted in July 2010, is a combination of Devanagari "Ra" and the Roman letter "R" with two parallel horizontal lines at the top which represent the national flag and indicate equality. [52] The Indian national calendar, based on the Shaka era Hindu calendar was adopted on 22 March 1957. [55]
With an estimated 1,428,627,663 residents in 2023, India is the world's most populous country. [ 14 ] 1,210,193,422 residents were reported in the 2011 provisional census report. [ 360 ] Its population grew by 17.64% from 2001 to 2011, [ 361 ] compared to 21.54% growth in the previous decade (1991–2001). [ 361 ]
Designed by. Mohamed Hamzah [a] The national flag of Malaysia, also known as the Stripes of Glory (Jalur Gemilang), [1] is composed of a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star). The 14 stripes, of equal width, represent ...
The Jata Negara, the coat of arms of Malaysia, on two equal horizontal bands of yellow and blue. Standard of the Sultan of Johor: A white field defaced with a blue crescent and nine-pointed star. Standard of the Permaisuri of Johor: A blue field with white diagonal edges defaced with a white crescent and seven-pointed star. Standard of the ...
e. The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو), more commonly known as Malaya, was a country of what previously had been the Malayan Union and, before that, British Malaya. It comprised eleven states – nine Malay states and two of the Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca.
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities. [ 1 ] The states and union territories are further subdivided into 806 districts and smaller administrative divisions. [ 2 ] The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government.
Flag of the Federal Territories at the 2011 Merdeka celebrations. Prior to the adoption of the flag, the three directly governed territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan had utilised the flag of Kuala Lumpur to represent the Federal Territories as a collective unit, which was deemed inappropriate by Minister of Federal Territories, Zulhasnan Rafique as it did not reflect that there ...