List of Indian state flags

Flags of Indian States

As of 2025, there are no officially recognised flags for the individual states or union territories of India.[1] There are no legal prohibitions to prevent states adopting distinctive flags in either the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950, or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.[2] In a 1994 case before the Supreme Court of India, S. R. Bommai v. Union of India, the Supreme Court declared that there is no prohibition in the Constitution of India for a state to have its own flag. However, a state flag should not dishonour the national flag.[3] The Flag code of India also permits other flags to be flown with the Flag of India, but not on the same flag pole or in a superior position to the national flag.[4]

## Former official state flags

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The state of Jammu and Kashmir had an officially recognised state flag between 1952 and 2019 under the special status granted to the state by Article 370 of the Constitution of India.

Flag | State | Usage date | Description

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Jammu and Kashmir

| 1947–1952  | The flag was indigo with a plough in the centre. The red background stood for labour and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2.
| 1952–2019  | The flag was red with three white vertical stripes in the hoist and a plough in the fly. The red background stood for labour, the stripes stood for the three administrative divisions of the state (Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh) and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2.[5]

## Proposed state flags

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The Government of Tamil Nadu proposed a design for the Flag of Tamil Nadu in 1970.[6]

The Government of Karnataka proposed a design for the Flag of Karnataka in 2018 based on the traditional yellow-red Kannada bicolour. The new tricolour flag with the central white band and emblem, was designed to distance itself from regional political parties and emulate the structure of the Indian tricolour.[7] In August 2019, the Government of Karnataka announced it was no longer officially pursuing the proposal for an official state flag.[8] The unofficial Kannada flag also remains popular within the state.

Flag | State | Proposal date | Description

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Karnataka

| 2018  | Yellow, white and red tricolour with the Emblem of Karnataka centred on the white band.

Tamil Nadu

| 1970  | Grey flag with the flag of India in the canton and the Emblem of Tamil Nadu in the fly.

## Banners of the states and union territories

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When a distinctive banner is required to represent a state or union territory, the emblem of the state or union territory is usually displayed on a white or blue field.[9][10][11]

### States

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* Banner of Andhra Pradesh

* Banner of Arunachal Pradesh

* Banner of Assam

* Banner of Bihar

* Banner of Chhattisgarh

* Banner of Goa

* Banner of Gujarat

* Banner of Haryana

* Banner of Himachal Pradesh

* Banner of Jharkhand

* Banner of Karnataka

* Banner of Kerala

* Banner of Madhya Pradesh

* Banner of Maharashtra

* Banner of Manipur

* Banner of Meghalaya

* Banner of Mizoram

* Banner of Odisha

* Banner of Punjab

* Banner of Rajasthan

* Banner of Sikkim

* Banner of Tamil Nadu

* Banner of Tripura

* Banner of Uttarakhand

* Banner of Uttar Pradesh

### Union territories

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* Banner of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

* Banner of Chandigarh

* Banner of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

* Banner of Delhi

* Banner of Jammu and Kashmir

* Banner of Ladakh

* Banner of Lakshadweep

* Banner of Puducherry

## See also

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* National Flag of India
* Flag code of India
* List of Indian flags
* Flags of Indian princely states
* List of Indian state symbols
* List of Indian state emblems
* List of Indian state mottos
* List of Indian state songs
* List of Indian state foundation days
* List of Indian state animals
* List of Indian state birds
* List of Indian state flowers
* List of Indian state trees

## References

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1. ^ "Indian States". crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
2. ^ "Should States have their own flags?". The Hindu. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
3. ^ "Non-NDA states playing emblem politics to cover up their failure". 14 July 2018. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
4. ^ "Flag Code of India - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
5. ^ Haynes, Ed (24 September 1996). "Jammu and Kashmir (India)". Flags of the World. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
6. ^ "When Tamil Nadu proposed a State flag nearly five decades ago". Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
7. ^ "Karnataka government unveils the state flag, awaits Centre's approval". hindustantimes.com/. 2018-03-08. Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
8. ^ "Karnataka govt will not pursue demand for separate state flag: Minister CT Ravi". 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
9. ^ Ben Cahoon. "Indian states since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
10. ^ "Vexilla Mundi". vexilla-mundi.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
11. ^ Lepcha, Irani Sonowal (June 3, 2019). "Arunachal: New Pema Khandu govt to revamp education, law & order". EastMojo. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

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