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| Name = Standard of the [[president of India]]<br />
| Image = Flag of the President of India (1950–1971).svg<br />
| Alt = Image of the Presidential Standard of India<br />
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| Relinquished = 15 August 1971<br />
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The '''presidential standard of India''' was a flag flown by the [[president of India]] from 1950 to 1971. It succeeded the flag of the [[governor-general of India]] (used during the [[Dominion of India|1947–1950 period of the Dominion of India]]) on 26 January 1950, when India [[Republic Day of India|became a republic]]. It ceased being used on 15 August 1971, when the president began using the [[Flag of India|national flag of India]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8WJuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22replaced+by+the+national+tricolour%22 ''Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Correspondence and Select Documents''], Volume 12, Rajendra Prasad Allied, 1984, page lix</ref> <br />
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==Description==<br />
The standard was a rectangle divided quarterly into blue and red quadrants. Each quadrant was occupied by a national symbols drawn in gold outline. The symbols were:<ref name="Das1984">{{cite book|last=Das|first=Chand N. |title=Traditions and Customs of the Indian Armed Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmXfAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Vision Books|page=53}}</ref><br />
* 1st quarter: The [[Lion Capital of Ashoka]], which is the [[State Emblem of India]], to represent unity;<br />
* 2nd quarter: A lively [[Indian elephant]] from a 5th-century painting of [[Ajanta Caves]], [[Maharashtra]] to represent patience and strength;<br />
* 3rd quarter: A [[weighing scale]] from the 17th-century [[Red Fort]], [[Delhi]], to represent justice and economy;<br />
* 4th quarter: A vase of [[Nelumbo nucifera|Indian lotus]] from [[Sarnath]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to represent prosperity.<br />
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==Related flags==<br />
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File:Flag of India.svg|[[Flag of India]] used by the president of India (1971–present)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[President of India]]<br />
* [[List of Indian flags|Indian flags]]<br />
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