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Sikkim

by stuart notholt 29-NOV-1995

Description of the flag
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Description of the flag

From Barraclough's "Flags of the World:" "Sikkim, formerly a protectorate of India, was incorporated as the twenty-second state of the union in May 1975, and the office of the hereditary ruler, the "Chogyal," was abolished. Sikkim has, or had, a flag of white with a red border all round, and a yellow "Chakra" (fimbriated in red) in the centre." "...the "Chakra," a Buddhist symbol representing the Law of "Dharma," or eternal change." The Chakra on the flag of Sikkim is different then the one on India's flag. It has eight spokes rather than the many spokes on India's, and has an ornate "nub" on the wheel at the head of each spoke.
don hagemann 28-NOV-1995

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"Flags of the World" by H. Gresham Carr (mine is the 1956 edition) shows a white flag with a triple, red white and blue, border on three sides (not the hoist) with a red prayer wheel and several other little things he calls "minor charges in red, blue, green , and yellow."
john andrew lowe 29-NOV-1995

The flag of independent Sikkim was on the same lines (of the image at the top of the page), but much more ornate, with lots of gold and silver embroidery, more complex even than Tibet's - they seem to like ornate flags in that part of the world!
stuart notholt 29-NOV-1995