File:Seal of Puducherry (cropped).svg

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DescriptionEmblem of India (without motto).svg
English: Alternate version of File:Emblem of India.svg without a motto. The emblem was used by the Dominion of India, from 1947 until 1950.
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Emblem of India (without motto)

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Emblem of India

inception

26 January 1950

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