title: Presidential Standard of India
text: # Presidential Standard of India
  
  The presidential standard of India was a flag flown by the president of India from 1950 to 1971. It succeeded the flag of the governor-general of India (used during the 1947–1950 period of the Dominion of India) on 26 January 1950, when India became a republic. It ceased being used on 15 August 1971, when the president began using the national flag of India.
  
  ## Description
  
  The standard was a rectangle divided quarterly into blue and red quadrants. Each quadrant was occupied by a national symbols drawn in gold outline. The symbols were:
  
  * 1st quarter: The Lion Capital of Ashoka, which is the State Emblem of India, to represent unity;
  * 2nd quarter: A lively Indian elephant from a 5th-century painting of Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra to represent patience and strength;
  * 3rd quarter: A weighing scale from the 17th-century Red Fort, Delhi, to represent justice and economy;
  * 4th quarter: A vase of Indian lotus from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh to represent prosperity.
  
  ## Related flags
  
  * Flag of India used by the president of India (1971–present)
  