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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kob%C3%A9r_Sri_Lanka" title="Kobér Sri Lanka – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kobér Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="শ্রীলঙ্কার জাতীয় পতাকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শ্রীলঙ্কার জাতীয় পতাকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%A8%D1%80%D1%8B-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Сцяг Шры-Ланкі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сцяг Шры-Ланкі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Национално знаме на Шри Ланка – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национално знаме на Шри Ланка" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_%C5%A0ri_Lanke" title="Zastava Šri Lanke – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zastava Šri Lanke" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Sri_Lanka" title="Bandera de Sri Lanka – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bandera de Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlajka_Sr%C3%AD_Lanky" title="Vlajka Srí Lanky – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vlajka Srí Lanky" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baner_Sri_Lanca" title="Baner Sri Lanca – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Baner Sri Lanca" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankas_flag" title="Sri Lankas flag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sri Lankas flag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_Sri_Lankas" title="Flagge Sri Lankas – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Flagge Sri Lankas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_lipp" title="Sri Lanka lipp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sri Lanka lipp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B1" title="Σημαία της Σρι Λάνκα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σημαία της Σρι Λάνκα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Flag of Sri Lanka – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Flag of Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Sri_Lanka" title="Bandera de Sri Lanka – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bandera de Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flago_de_Srilanko" title="Flago de Srilanko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Flago de Srilanko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankako_bandera" title="Sri Lankako bandera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sri Lankako bandera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="پرچم سری‌لانکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرچم سری‌لانکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_du_Sri_Lanka" title="Drapeau du Sri Lanka – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drapeau du Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_de_Sri_Lanka" title="Bandeira de Sri Lanka – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bandeira de Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%EB%A6%AC%EB%9E%91%EC%B9%B4%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B8%B0" title="스리랑카의 국기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스리랑카의 국기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D6%80%D5%AB_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B7" title="Շրի Լանկայի դրոշ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շրի Լանկայի դրոշ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="श्रीलंका का ध्वज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="श्रीलंका का ध्वज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_%C5%A0ri_Lanke" title="Zastava Šri Lanke – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zastava Šri Lanke" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="শ্রীলঙ্কার ফিরালহান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="শ্রীলঙ্কার ফিরালহান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Sri_Lanka" title="Bendera Sri Lanka – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bendera Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandiera_dello_Sri_Lanka" title="Bandiera dello Sri Lanka – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bandiera dello Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%94" title="דגל סרי לנקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דגל סרי לנקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%A7%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%9C" title="ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾದ ಧ್ವಜ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾದ ಧ್ವಜ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98-%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90" title="შრი-ლანკის დროშა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შრი-ლანკის დროშა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ri_Lankos_v%C4%97liava" title="Šri Lankos vėliava – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šri Lankos vėliava" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_del_Sri_Lanka" title="Bandera del Sri Lanka – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bandera del Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sr%C3%AD_Lanka_z%C3%A1szlaja" title="Srí Lanka zászlaja – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Srí Lanka zászlaja" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Знаме на Шри Ланка – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Знаме на Шри Ланка" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95" title="ശ്രീലങ്കയുടെ ദേശീയപതാക – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ശ്രീലങ്കയുടെ ദേശീയപതാക" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="श्रीलंकेचा ध्वज – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="श्रीलंकेचा ध्वज" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7" title="علم سريلانكا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="علم سريلانكا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Sri_Lanka" title="Bendera Sri Lanka – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bendera Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Sri_Lanka" title="Vlag van Sri Lanka – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vlag van Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE" title="श्रीलङ्काको झन्डा – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="श्रीलङ्काको झन्डा" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%97" title="スリランカの国旗 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スリランカの国旗" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankas_flagg" title="Sri Lankas flagg – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sri Lankas flagg" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_srilankiske_flagget" title="Det srilankiske flagget – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det srilankiske flagget" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaga_Sri_Lanki" title="Flaga Sri Lanki – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Flaga Sri Lanki" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_do_Sri_Lanka" title="Bandeira do Sri Lanka – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bandeira do Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Флаг Шри-Ланки – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Флаг Шри-Ланки" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_o_Sri_Lanka" title="Banner o Sri Lanka – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data div{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data div{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Sri Lanka</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_ensign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil ensign (not yet started)">civil ensign</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">1:2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">Dark red rectangular panel bordered yellow containing a yellow lion passant holding a sword upright in its right fore paw, and four pipul leaves, one in each corner, and next to the hoist two vertical stripes, green and orange, also bordered yellow together.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Sri_Lanka.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/210px-Naval_Ensign_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/315px-Naval_Ensign_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/420px-Naval_Ensign_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Variant flag of Sri Lanka</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_vexillology" title="Glossary of vexillology">Use</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naval_ensign" title="Naval ensign">Naval ensign</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">1:2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">White with the national flag in the canton.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ceylon_(1951%E2%80%931972).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Flag of Ceylon from 1948-1951</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ceylon_(1951%E2%80%931972).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Flag of Ceylon between 1951 and 1972</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></b>, also called the <b>Lion Flag</b>, has a gold <a href="/wiki/Lion" title="Lion">lion</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Passant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Passant (not yet started)">passant</a>, holding a <a href="/wiki/Sword" title="Sword">sword</a> in its right fore paw, in front of a crimson background with four golden <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_tree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bo tree (not yet started)">bo</a> leaves in each corner. 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