List of Bhutanese flags

This is a list of flags used in Bhutan. For more information about the national flag, see flag of Bhutan.

National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1969-PresentFlag of BhutanDivided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the hoist.[1][2]
1969-PresentFlag of the Bhutan (vertical)
1969-PresentFlag of the Bhutan (variant)

Military flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1958–PresentFlag of the Royal Bhutan Army[3]A horizontal tricolour of white, black and red with the bhutanese flag in the canton and defaced with a Kartika
1958–PresentFlag of the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan[4]Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a Dharmachakra centered along the dividing line.

Police flags

FlagDateUseDescription
19??-PresentFlag of Royal Bhutan Police
19??-PresentFlag of Royal Bhutan Police (variant)

Political flags

FlagDatePartyDescription
2003–PresentCommunist Party of Bhutan
1990-PresentBhutan Peoples' Party

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
751-842Flag of The Tibetan Empire
1271–1354Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
1271–1354Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
1271–1354Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
1616-1774Banners of Bhutan
1949-19561st Flag of BhutanDivided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the fly.[5][6]

The design of the flag is credited to Mayeum Choying Wongmo Dorji in 1947.[7]

1956-19692nd Flag of BhutanDivided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the hoist.[8]

See also

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