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As of 2024, there are no officially recognised flags for the individual states or union territories of India.^[1] 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.^[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

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
	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.
	Jammu and Kashmir	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

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]

Flag	State	Proposal date	Description
	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

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]^[12]

States

Union territories

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

References

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^ "Flag Code of India - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ 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.
^ "When Tamil Nadu proposed a State flag nearly five decades ago". Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
^ "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.
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[crwflags-1] "Indian States". crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[tList_of_Indian_state_flags'''Bold_text_he_Hindu-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.

[Wikisource-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.

[Jammu_and_Kashmir-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.

[worldstatesmen-9] Ben Cahoon. "Indian states since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[vexilla-mundi-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.

[12] "AMIT SINGH on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.^{[user-generated source]}

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-File:Flag of Assam, India.svg|[[Emblem of Assam|Banner]] of [[Assam]]
+File:Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg|[[Banner]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
-File:Flag of Andhra Pradesh.svg|[[Emblem of Andhra Pradesh|Banner]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
+File:Flag of Assam, India.svg|[[Banner]] of [[Assam]]
 File:Bihar Government Banner.png|[[Emblem of Bihar|Banner]] of [[Bihar]]
 File:..Chhattisgarh Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Chhattisgarh|Banner]] of [[Chhattisgarh]]
+File:Flag of Goa, India.svg|[[Banner]] of [[Goa]]
 File:Flag of Gujarat.svg|[[Emblem of Gujarat|Banner]] of [[Gujarat]]
 File:Flag of Haryana.svg|[[Emblem of Haryana|Banner]] of [[Haryana]]
@@ Line 57: / Line 58: @@
 File:Flag of Madhya Pradesh.svg|[[Emblem of Madhya Pradesh|Banner]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
 File:Flag of Maharashtra.svg|[[Emblem of Maharashtra|Banner]] of [[Maharashtra]]
-File:Meghalaya Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Meghalaya|Banner]] of [[Meghalaya]]
+File:Flag of the Government of Manipur.svg|[[Banner]] of [[Manipur]]
 File:Mizoram Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Mizoram|Banner]] of [[Mizoram]]
+File:Nagaland State flag.png|[[Emblem of Nagaland|Banner]] of [[Nagaland]]
 File:Orissa Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Odisha|Banner]] of [[Odisha]]
 File:Banner of Punjab, India.svg|[[Emblem of Punjab, India|Banner]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
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 File:Flag of the Government of Telangana.svg|[[Emblem of Telangana|Banner]] of [[Telangana]]
 File:Tiripura Flag(INDIA).png|[[Emblem of Tripura|Banner]] of [[Tripura]]
+File:Flag of Uttarakhand.svg|[[Banner]] of [[Uttarakhand|Uttrakhand]]
 File:Flag of Uttar Pradesh.svg|[[Emblem of Uttar Pradesh|Banner]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
+File:Banner of West Bengal.svg|[[Banner]] of [[West Bengal]]
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-File:Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu_emblem.png|[[Emblem of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|Banner]] of [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]
+File:Flag of Chandigarh.svg|[[Emblem of Chandigarh#Government banner|Banner]] of [[Chandigarh]]
-File:Flag_of_Delhi_Capital_Territory.svg|[[Emblem of Delhi|Banner]] of [[Delhi]]
+File:Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu emblem.png|[[Emblem of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|Banner]] of [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]
+File:Flag of Delhi Capital Territory.svg|[[Emblem of Delhi|Banner]] of [[Delhi]]
 File:Flag of Jammu and Kashmir.svg|[[Emblem of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Banner]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
 File:Flag of Ladakh, India.svg|[[Emblem of Ladakh|Banner]] of [[Ladakh]]
 File:Flag of Lakshadweep.png|[[Emblem of Lakshadweep|Banner]] of [[Lakshadweep]]
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