Naval Ensign of India

E131395

maritime flag naval ensign

The Naval Ensign of India is the distinctive maritime flag flown by Indian Navy warships and shore establishments to signify their national identity and naval authority at sea.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Indian Navy ensign	2
Indian Navy Ensign	1
Indian naval ensign	1
Naval Ensign of India canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1107098 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Naval Ensign of India
Context triple: [Presidential Standard of India, isDistinctFrom, Naval Ensign of India]

A. Tiranga (Indian national flag)
Tiranga, the Indian national flag, is a horizontal tricolour of saffron, white, and green with a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra at its centre, symbolizing the country's values of courage, peace, and faith.
B. Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
C. Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
The Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory is a colonial-style ensign featuring a Union Jack in the canton, blue and white wavy stripes symbolizing the Indian Ocean, and a palm tree with a crown representing the territory’s tropical islands and British sovereignty.
D. U.S. civil ensign
The U.S. civil ensign is a specialized maritime flag used by American civilian vessels to denote their national identity at sea.
E. State Emblem of India
The State Emblem of India is the official national emblem featuring the Lion Capital of Ashoka, symbolizing the country’s authority, sovereignty, and commitment to peace and justice.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Naval Ensign of India
Target entity description: The Naval Ensign of India is the distinctive maritime flag flown by Indian Navy warships and shore establishments to signify their national identity and naval authority at sea.

A. Tiranga (Indian national flag)
Tiranga, the Indian national flag, is a horizontal tricolour of saffron, white, and green with a navy-blue Ashoka Chakra at its centre, symbolizing the country's values of courage, peace, and faith.
B. Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
C. Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
The Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory is a colonial-style ensign featuring a Union Jack in the canton, blue and white wavy stripes symbolizing the Indian Ocean, and a palm tree with a crown representing the territory’s tropical islands and British sovereignty.
D. U.S. civil ensign
The U.S. civil ensign is a specialized maritime flag used by American civilian vessels to denote their national identity at sea.
E. State Emblem of India
The State Emblem of India is the official national emblem featuring the Lion Capital of Ashoka, symbolizing the country’s authority, sovereignty, and commitment to peace and justice.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime flag ⓘ naval ensign ⓘ
adopted	15 August 1947 ⓘ
associatedWith	Indian maritime tradition ⓘ Indian naval history ⓘ
authority	Government of India ⓘ
basedOn	White Ensign ⓘ surface form: British White Ensign
changedOn	15 August 2001 ⓘ 2 September 2022 ⓘ 2004 ⓘ 2014 ⓘ 26 January 1950 ⓘ
color	green ⓘ navy blue ⓘ red cross ⓘ saffron ⓘ white ⓘ white field ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
displayedAt	mast of Indian Navy ships ⓘ stern of Indian Navy ships ⓘ
field	maritime heraldry ⓘ
flownOn	Indian Navy shore establishments ⓘ Indian Navy ⓘ surface form: Indian Navy warships
languageOfInscription	Devanagari ⓘ English ⓘ
legalStatus	official state symbol of India ⓘ
proportion	2:3 ⓘ
reasonForChange	alignment with Indian cultural identity ⓘ removal of colonial symbols ⓘ
regulatesUse	Indian Navy regulations ⓘ
relatedTo	Tiranga (Indian national flag) ⓘ surface form: Flag of India Naval Jack of India ⓘ Presidential Standard of India ⓘ surface form: President's Standard of India
represents	sovereignty of India at sea ⓘ
signifies	national identity of India at sea ⓘ naval authority of India at sea ⓘ
symbol	Ashoka Chakra ⓘ Indian Navy ⓘ surface form: Indian Navy emblem Tiranga (Indian national flag) ⓘ surface form: Indian national flag Cross of Saint George ⓘ surface form: Saint George's Cross
timeOfHoisting	sunrise ⓘ
timeOfLowering	sunset ⓘ
usedBy	Indian Navy ⓘ
usedIn	peacetime naval operations ⓘ wartime naval operations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Standard of India → isDistinctFrom → Naval Ensign of India ⓘ

Indian Air Force Ensign → relatedTo → Naval Ensign of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Navy Ensign

INS Vikramaditya → navalEnsign → Naval Ensign of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian naval ensign

INS Vikrant (IAC-1) → flag → Naval Ensign of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Navy ensign

HMS Achilles → flag → Naval Ensign of India ⓘ