Flag of Nepal.
Sent by Yun Kai of Singapore from Nepal.
The flag of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको झन्डा, romanized: Nepālko Jhanḍā) is a non-rectangular flag of red, white, and blue colour. It is used as both the state and civil flag of Nepal. It is one of three national flags that are non-rectangular, the others being Switzerland and the Vatican City. The symbol is a simplified combination of two single pennants, known as a double-pennon. Its crimson red is the symbol of bravery and it also represents the colour of the rhododendron, Nepal's national flower, while the blue border is the colour of peace. Until 1962, the flag's emblems, both the sun and the crescent moon, had human faces, but they were removed to modernise the flag.
The current flag was adopted on 16 December 1962, along with the formation of a new constitutional government. Shankar Nath Rimal, a civil engineer, standardised the flag on the request of King Mahendra. It borrows from the original, traditional design, used throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and is a combination of the two individual pennons used by rival branches of the ruling dynasty. It is the only current national flag that is not a quadrilateral (read more).
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