National Flag of Nepal
Posted onThe national flag of Nepal is the world’s only non-quadrilateral flag that acts as both the state flag and the civil flag of a sovereign country. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons (or pennants), known as a double-pennon. Its crimson red is the symbol of bravery, and it also represents the color of the rhododendron, Nepal’s national flower, while the blue border is the color of peace. Until 1962, the flag emblems, both the sun and the crescent moon, had human faces, but they were removed to modernize the flag. The current flag was adopted on December 16, 1962, along with the formation of a new constitutional government. 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.
