Flag of Sri Lanka
The Flag of Sri Lanka, also called the Lion Flag, has a gold lion passant, holding a sword in its right fore paw, in front of a crimson background with four golden bo leaves in each corner. Around the background is a yellow border, and to its left are two vertical stripes of equal size in saffron and green, with the saffron stripe closest to the lion.
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Use | Civil and state flag, civil ensign |
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Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | May 22, 1972 |
Design | Dark red rectangular panel bordered yellow containing a yellow lion passant holding a sword upright in its right fore paw, and four pipul leaves, one in each corner, and next to the hoist two vertical stripes, green and orange, also bordered yellow together. |
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Use | Naval ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 1972 |
Design | White with the national flag in the canton. |
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Flag of Ceylon from 1948-1951
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Flag of Ceylon between 1951 and 1972
It became the flag in 1950 following the recommendations of a committee appointed by the 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka D.S. Senanayake.
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