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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1969-Present	Flag of Bhutan	Divided 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-Present	Flag of Bhutan (vertical)
	1969-Present	Flag of Bhutan (variant)

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1958–Present	Flag 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–Present	Flag 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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	19??-Present	Flag of Royal Bhutan Police
	19??-Present	Flag of Royal Bhutan Police (variant)

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	2003–Present	Communist Party of Bhutan
	1990-Present	Bhutan Peoples' Party
	1994-Present	Druk National Congress

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	751-842	Flag of The Tibetan Empire
	1271–1354	Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
	1271–1354	Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
	1271–1354	Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
	1616-1774	Banners of Bhutan
	1949	1st Flag of Bhutan	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 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]

See also

• Flag of Bhutan
• Emblem of Bhutan

References

1. "National Flag". National Portal of Bhutan. 2004. Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
2. "Indo-Bhutanese Treaty". Bhutan 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
3. "Royal Bhutan Army". www.crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
4. "Royal Bhutan Army". www.crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
5. One photo (see "Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty, 8th of August, 1949". New Delhi: National Gallery of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-12-22.) was displayed in 2009 in the exhibition "Bhutan: An Eye to History". New Delhi: National Gallery of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-12-22. BBC coverage of this exhibition (see "In pictures: Rare images of Bhutan go on display". BBC. 2010-02-14. Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2010-12-22.) supplies the following caption for this photo: "The India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty of 1949 is the basis of close ties between Bhutan and India. It was signed at government house in Darjeeling in 1949. (Image: Queen Grandmother of Bhutan)."
6. "Indo-Bhutanese Treaty". Bhutan 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
7. "National Symbols". Department of Information Technology. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-25.