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As of 2021, there are no officially recognised flags for the individual states or union territories of [[India]].<ref name="crwflags">{{cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/in-.html|website=crwflags.com|title=Indian States|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> No legal prohibitions to prevent states adopting distinctive flags exist in either the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950, or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.<ref name="t[[List of Indian state flags]]'''Bold text he Hindu">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/should-states-have-their-own-flags/article22695446.ece|title=Should States have their own flags?|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 February 2018|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/non-nda-states-playing-emblem-politics-cover-failure |title = Non-NDA states playing emblem politics to cover up their failure|date = 14 July 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Wikisource">{{cite web|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Flag_Code_of_India|title=Flag Code of India - Wikisource, the free online library|website=en.wikisource.org|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref>

==Former official state flags ==
The state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|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]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! class="unsortable" style="width:100px;"|Flag !! class="unsortable" style="width:75px;"|State !! style="width:100px;"|Usage date !! class="unsortable" style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
| {{ListFlag|Flag of Jammu and Kashmir (1936-1953).svg}}
| rowspan="2"| <center>[[Flag of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]</center>
| 1947–1952
| The flag was red 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.
|-
| {{ListFlag|Jammu-Kashmir-flag.svg}}
| 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 Division|Jammu]], [[Kashmir Valley|Kashmir]] and [[Ladakh]]) and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2.<ref name="Jammu and Kashmir">{{cite web|last=Haynes|first=Ed|title=Jammu and Kashmir (India)|url=http://flagspot.net/flags/in-jk.html#flag|work=Flags of the World|access-date=22 October 2010|date=24 September 1996}}</ref>
|}

==Proposed state flags==
The [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] proposed a design for the [[Flag of Tamil Nadu]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/jul/25/when-tamil-nadu-proposed-a-state-flag-nearly-five-decades-ago-1633170--1.html |title=When Tamil Nadu proposed a State flag nearly five decades ago |access-date=22 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523100006/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/jul/25/when-tamil-nadu-proposed-a-state-flag-nearly-five-decades-ago-1633170--1.html |archive-date=23 May 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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 [[Flag of India|Indian Tricolour]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/karnataka-government-unveils-the-state-flag-awaits-centre-s-approval/story-i4aMgmK3uaIyd8mhNwf94K.html|title=Karnataka government unveils the state flag, awaits Centre's approval|date=2018-03-08|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, the Government of Karnataka announced it was no longer officially pursuing the proposal for a separate state flag.<ref>https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/karnataka-govt-will-not-pursue-demand-separate-state-flag-minister-ct-ravi-108102</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! class="unsortable" style="width:110px;"|Flag !! State !! style="width:100px;"|Proposal date !! class="unsortable" style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
| {{ListFlag|Flag_of_Karnataka_(2018_proposed).svg}}
| <center>[[Flag of Karnataka|Karnataka]]</center>
| 2018
| Yellow, white and red tricolour with the [[Emblem of Karnataka]] centred on the white band.
|-
| {{ListFlag|Flag of Tamil Nadu (proposed).svg}}
| <center>[[Flag of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]</center>
| 1970
| Grey flag with the flag of India in the canton and the [[Emblem of Tamil Nadu]] in the fly.
|}

===Banners of the State and Union Territory===
When a distinctive banner is required to represent a state or union territory, the [[List of Indian state emblems|emblem]] of the state or union territory can be displayed on a white field.<ref name="worldstatesmen">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|author=Ben Cahoon|website=worldstatesmen.org|title=Indian states since 1947|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="vexilla-mundi">{{cite web|url=http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/india_governments.html|website=vexilla-mundi.com|title=Vexilla Mundi|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref><ref>https://www.eastmojo.com/amp/story/arunachal-pradesh%2F2019%2F06%2F03%2Farunachal-new-pema-khandu-govt-to-revamp-education-law-order</ref>

====States====

<gallery>
File:Andhraseal.png|[[Emblem of Andhra Pradesh|Emblem]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
File:..Arunachal Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh|Emblem]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
File:..Assam Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Assam|Emblem]] of [[Assam]]
File:Bihar Government Banner.png|[[Emblem of Bihar|Emblem]] of [[Bihar]]
File:..Chhattisgarh Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Chhattisgarh|Emblem]] of [[Chhattisgarh]]
File:Goa government banner.png|[[Emblem of Goa|Emblem]] of [[Goa]]
File:..Gujarat Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Gujarat|Emblem]] of [[Gujarat]]
File:..Haryana Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Haryana|Emblem]] of [[Haryana]]
File:..Himachal Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Himachal Pradesh|Emblem]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]
File:Government banner of Jharkhand.png|[[Emblem of Jharkhand|Emblem]] of [[Jharkhand]]
File:..Karnataka Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Karnataka|Emblem]] of [[Karnataka]]
File:..Kerala Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Kerala|Emblem]] of [[Kerala]]
File:..Madhya Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Madhya Pradesh|Emblem]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
File:..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Maharashtra|Emblem]] of [[Maharashtra]]
File:..Manipur Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Manipur|Emblem]] of [[Manipur]]
File:..Meghalaya Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Meghalaya|Emblem]] of [[Meghalaya]]
File:..Mizoram Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Mizoram|Emblem]] of [[Mizoram]]
File:..Nagaland Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Nagaland|Emblem]] of [[Nagaland]]
File:Orissa Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Odisha|Emblem]] of [[Odisha]]
File:..Punjab Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Punjab, India|Emblem]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
File:..Rajasthan Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Rajasthan|Emblem]] of [[Rajasthan]]
File:Flag of the Government of Sikkim.svg|[[Emblem of Sikkim|Emblem]] of [[Sikkim]]
File:..Tamil Nadu Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Tamil Nadu|Emblem]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]
File:Government_of_Telangana_Logo.png|[[Emblem of Telangana|Emblem]] of [[Telangana]]
File:..Tiripura Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Tripura|Emblem]] of [[Tripura]]
File:..Uttar Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Uttar Pradesh|Emblem]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
File:..Uttarakhand Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Uttarakhand|Emblem]] of [[Uttarakhand]]
File:..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of West Bengal|Emblem]] of [[West Bengal]]
</gallery>

====Union territories====
<gallery>
File:Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
File:..Chandigarh Flag(INDIA).png|[[Chandigarh]]
File:Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu emblem.png|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]
File:..Delhi Flag(INDIA).png|[[Delhi]]
File:Government of Jammu and Kashmir.png|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
File:Ladakh Government Banner.png|[[Ladakh]]
File:Banner of Lakshadweep.png|[[Lakshadweep]]
File:..Puducherry Flag(INDIA).png|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Flag of India|National Flag of India]]
*[[Flag code of India]]
*[[List of Indian flags]]
*[[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==
{{reflist}}
{{Symbols of Indian states}}
{{Lists of flags}}

[[Category:Lists and galleries of flags|India]]
[[Category:Flags of India| ]]
[[Category:Indian culture-related lists|Flags]]
[[Category: Lists of Indian state symbols]]

List of Indian state flags - Revision history

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