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In 1885, Ghevont Alishan, an Armenian Catholic priest and historian proposed 2 Armenian flags. One of which is a horizontal tricolor flag of red-green-white, with red and green coming from the Armenian Catholic calendar, with the first Sunday of Easter being called "Red Sunday", and the second Sunday being "Green Sunday", with white being added for design reasons.
A defaced national flag of Sri Lanka with Coat of arms of Sri Lanka. 1972 – Flag of the Sri Lanka Army: The army flag defaced with the insignia of the Sri Lanka Army. 1972 – Naval Ensign of Sri Lanka: A defaced white ensign with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton influenced by the British design. 2010 – Air Force Ensign of Sri Lanka
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.
List of national flag proposals; N. Proposed flag of North West England; T. Proposed flags of Taiwan This page was last edited on 5 January 2016, at 12:11 (UTC) ...
Sri Lanka: 161 BC [9] 1593 1815 1948 1951 1972 Sri Lanka: Sudan: 1844 1882 1885 1899 1922 1952 1956 1970 Sudan: Suriname: 1581 1795 1806 1810 1814 1959 1975 Suriname: Sweden: 1562 1815 1844 1905/1906 Sweden: Switzerland: 1470 1798 1803 1889 Switzerland: Syria: 1844 1920 1920 1922 1932 1958 1961 1963 1972 1980 2024 Syria: Taiwan: 1661 1683 1890 ...
The national symbols of Sri Lanka are the national anthem, flag, emblem, flower, tree, bird, butterfly, gemstone and sport. They represent the country and its people within Sri Lanka and abroad as well as traditions, culture, history and geography. Several other symbols do not have official acknowledgment as national symbols but are considered ...
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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sinha Flag Lion Flag: Use: Civil and state flag, civil ensign: Proportion: 1:2: Adopted: 22 May 1972: Design: A golden field with two panels: the smaller hoist-side panel has only two vertical bands of teal and orange and the larger fly-side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the ...