List of Indian flags
This is a list of flags used in India. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of India.
National flag
Governmental flag
Ensigns
Military flags
Indian Armed Forces
Chief of Defence Staff
Army
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
State and union territory flags
At present there are no officially recognised flags for individual states in India. No legal prohibitions to prevent states adopting distinctive flags exist in either the Emblems and Names Act, 1950 or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. 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. The Flag code of India also permits other flags to be flown with the Flag of India, but not on the same flag pole of in a superior position to the national flag.Former official state flags
Jammu and Kashmir had an official state flag between 1952 and 2019.| Flag | State | Date | Use | Description |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1952–2019 | Flag of Jammu and Kashmir | 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 regions of the state namely; and the plough stood for agriculture. The ratio of the flag was 3:2. |
Proposed state flags
Flags have been proposed for Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.| Flag | State | Date | Use | Description |
| Tamil Nadu | Proposed in 1970 | The Government of Tamil Nadu proposed a design for a state flag in 1970. | Grey flag with the flag of India in the canton and the Emblem of Tamil Nadu in the fly. | |
| Karnataka | Proposed in ????. | The Government of Karnataka proposed a design for a state flag in ????. | Yellow, white and red tricolour with the Emblem of Karnataka centred on the white band. |
State government banners
When a distinctive banner is required to represent a state or union territory, the emblem of the state or union territory can be displayed on a white field.States
Union territories
Historical flags
Pre-colonial states
Company rule in India
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1600–1707 | Flag of the East India Company | A striped banner with Saint George's Cross in the canton. | |
| 1707–1801 | Flag of the East India Company | A striped banner with the Union Jack of Great Britain in the canton. | |
| 1801–1858 | Flag of the East India Company | A striped banner with the Union Jack in the canton. |
British India">British Raj">British India
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1858–1947 | The official state flag of the British Empire used in India | The Flag of the United Kingdom. | |
| 1885–1947 | Flag of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India | The Union Jack defaced with the insignia of the Order of the Star of India beneath the Tudor Crown. | |
| 1880–1947 | Civil Ensign of British India used to represent British India internationally. | A Red Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the Star of India emblem displayed in the fly. |