This is a list of flags used in Bhutan. For more information about the national flag, see flag of Bhutan.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
1969-Present Flag of Bhutan Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the hoist.[1][2]
1969-Present Flag of the Bhutan (vertical)
1969-Present Flag of the Bhutan (variant)

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
1958-Present Flag of the Royal Bhutan Army[3] A horizontal tricolour of white, black and red with the bhutanese flag in the canton and defaced with a Kartika
1958-Present Flag of the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan[4] Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a Dharmachakra centered along the dividing line.

Police flags

Flag Date Use Description
19??-Present Flag of Royal Bhutan Police
19??-Present Flag of Royal Bhutan Police (variant)

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
2003-Present Communist Party of Bhutan
1990-Present Bhutan Peoples' Party

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
751-842 Flag of The Tibetan Empire
1271-1354 Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
1271-1354 Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
1271-1354 Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
1616-1774 Banners of Bhutan
1949-1956 1st Flag of Bhutan Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the fly.[5][6]

The design of the flag is credited to Mayeum Choying Wongmo Dorji in 1947.[7]

1956-1969 2nd Flag of Bhutan Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the hoist.[8]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "National Flag". National Portal of Bhutan. 2004. Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  2. ^ "Indo-Bhutanese Treaty". Bhutan 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  3. ^ "Royal Bhutan Army". www.crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  4. ^ "Royal Bhutan Army". www.crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  5. ^ One photo (see "Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty, 8th of August, 1949". New Delhi: National Gallery of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-12-22.) was displayed in 2009 in the exhibition "Bhutan: An Eye to History". New Delhi: National Gallery of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-12-22. BBC coverage of this exhibition (see "In pictures: Rare images of Bhutan go on display". BBC. 2010-02-14. Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2010-12-22.) supplies the following caption for this photo: "The India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty of 1949 is the basis of close ties between Bhutan and India. It was signed at government house in Darjeeling in 1949. (Image: Queen Grandmother of Bhutan)."
  6. ^ "Indo-Bhutanese Treaty". Bhutan 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  7. ^ "National Symbols". Department of Information Technology. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  8. ^ Penjore, Dorji; Kinga, Sonam (November 2002). The Origin and Description of The National Flag and National Anthem of The Kingdom of Bhutan (PDF). Thimphu: The Centre for Bhutan Studies. pp. 1−43. ISBN 99936-14-01-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-24. (Archived at WebCite)
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