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Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal; Triangle: Use: National flag: Proportion: see below: Adopted: 16 December 1962; 62 years ago (): Design: Two juxtaposed triangular figures creating an irregular pentagon with a red-coloured base and deep blue borders, there being a white emblem of the crescent moon with eight rays visible out of sixteen in the upper part and a white emblem of a twelve ...
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.
The national flag of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको झण्डा) is the world's only national flag without four corners (non-quadrilateral). [5] The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons, the vexillological word for a pennant. Its crimson red is the colour of the rhododendron, the country's national flower.
Flag Date Use Description Ref(s). 19th century Former flag of Nepal Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon. [1] 1856—c. 1930 Former flag of Nepal Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon edited with faces. [2] c. 1930—1962 Former flag of Nepal Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon. [3] 1962—present National flag of Nepal
Before the establishment of democracy in Nepal – originally in 1990, then again in 2008 – it was forbidden for most regular Nepalis to display flags at their homes. “National flags could ...
Nepal's flag is the only national flag in the world that is not rectangular in shape. [324] The constitution contains instructions for a Geometric Construction of the double-pennant flag. [325] According to its official description, the crimson in the flag stands for victory in war or courage, and is also the colour of the rhododendron. The ...
Flag of Nepal; Gorkha Kingdom; Kingdom of Nepal; Kunwar Indrajit Singh cabinet; List of countries by population in 1939; List of deaths on eight-thousanders; List of earthquakes in 1916; List of earthquakes in 1934; List of earthquakes in 1936; List of flags of Nepal; List of foreign ministers in 1950; List of heads of state and government who ...
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