The National Flag of Sri Lanka has been designed with great care and purpose. It not only represents the country and her heritage, but is a rallying device that integrates the minority races with the majority race.
The present day National Flag is an improvisation of the civil standard of the last king of Sri Lanka, Sri Wickrama Rajasingha. The civil standard had a passant royal lion with a sword in it's right fore paw at the center, and a bo-leaf on each of the four corners on a plain border.
The lion flag lost it's significance after the British conquered Sri Lanka in 1815. It was the Union Jack which was hoisted in its place.
When Sri Lanka gained her independence from Great Britain on February 04, 1948, it was the lion flag (the same as the standard of the last king of Sri Lanka) which was hoisted once again.
The first Prime Minister of independent Sri Lanka, D.S.Senanayake, appointed a committee to advice the government on the design of a new national flag. The design approved by the committee in February 1950 retained the symbol of the lion with the sword and the bo-leaves from the civil standard of the last king of Sri Lanka, with the inclusion of two vertical stripes green and orange in color. the significance of each symbol of the national flag is as follows:
You can see it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg
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Sri Lanka is off India's southeastern coast. Maldives is off India's southwestern coast.
Sri Lanka is the island nation south of India.
Sri Lanka is an island. You cannot drive or take a ferry to Sri Lanka from India. You can however take a plane. Flights are quite cheap from India to Sri Lanka ($100 upwards).
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is best known for it's tea.
Until 1972 the Island was known as Ceylon and with the adaption of a new constitution changed name to Sri Lanka and became a Republic. The meaning of Sri Lanka is Resplendent Land
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yes, you can have a picture of sri lankan flag as long as you can respect it.
The Lion is featured on Sri Lanka's national flag. You can read more at the related links below.
the peoples that made the Sri Lankan flag were the government and the decision of public.
The Sri Lanka flag was officially adopted on December 17, 1978.
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The animal that appears in the flag of Sri Lanka is a lion. For a graphic image of the Sri Lanka flag, see the Related Link.