Royal Niger Company (1887–1888): This company controls parts of Nigeria and uses a flag based on the British White Ensign with a unique badge. They later switch to a blue ensign with the same ...

Battle flags are usually designed to inspire a sense of pride in service, duty or patriotism for one’s country, or loyalty to a celebrated hero. So you have to admire the pettiness of British ...

A BRITISH EMPIRE FLAG.; A Design Is Preparing for a New Ensign to Give the Colonies Representation. Share full article. From The London Express. Feb. 9, 1902; ...

Canada's national flag celebrates 60 years of representing the country. The Weather Network's Nathan Coleman looks into the ...

GARDINER ATTACKS TRADITION No British Ensign for Van Arsdale to Haul Down -- Descendants Say Otherwise -- Kennefick Vouches for Washington. Share full article Nov. 22, 1895 ...

When the Red Ensign was favoured, Quebec rejected its British heritage. When debate heightened in the 1960s over what a new national flag should look like, Quebeckers shrugged, insisting only that ...

Indian Navy new flag: The new ensign has dropped the horizontal and vertical red stripes that symbolised the Cross of Saint George. हिंदी में पढ़ें ... From January 26, 1950 until 2001, the Indian ...

Not only is this warship the only vessel in the U.S. Navy's fleet to fly a foreign flag, but it's also the only ship with an officer from Britain's Royal Navy aboard as a permanent member of the ...

The flag was raised on indieniously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. The flag replaces the British colonial emblem. The previous naval ensign prominently displays a cross of Saint George, the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to launch the new naval ensign (flag) on September 2 for the Indian Navy. ... The recent style of the British White Ensign was therefore adopted in 1707.

India will unfurl a new naval flag that retires a British colonial symbol to mark the formal debut of the country's first locally built aircraft carrier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office said.

As the Indian Navy gets a new ensign today, a look back at the existing flag's colonial heritage and the British traditions which remain with the services. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our ...