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1st Flag of Bhutan Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the fly.
The Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research, an independent Bhutanese research centre, [8] in 2002 issued a paper (henceforth the "CBS document") [4] that is the only readily available account from Bhutan of the historical development of the national flag. The document draws heavily on first-hand accounts obtained through interviews with ...
Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji designed the first Bhutan flag with the senior members of the monastic clergy of the Zhung Dratshang(Central Monastic Body): Bhutan had been invited to attend the first Asian conference in New Delhi on March 23, 1947, and a flag representing Bhutan was necessitated for the occasion.
The National Symbols of Bhutan include the national flag, national emblem, national anthem, and the mythical druk thunder featured in all three. Other distinctive symbols of Bhutan and its dominant Ngalop culture include Dzongkha, the national language; the Bhutanese monarchy; and the Driglam Namzha, a seventeenth-century code on dress, etiquette, and dzong architecture.
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
When civil war broke out in Pakistan in 1971, Bhutan was the first nation to recognize the new government of Bangladesh, and formal diplomatic relations were established in 1973. An event in 1975 may have served as a major impetus to Bhutan to speed up reform and modernization.
Flag of Bhutan; List of Bhutanese flags; L. Laggar falcon; M. Meconopsis gakyidiana This page was last edited on 4 March 2024, at 07:15 (UTC). Text is available ...