India will hoist a new naval flag that will retire a British colonial symbol for the official debut of the country’s first regionally built aircraft carrier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office said.
Elements of the current flag include a prominent pass of St. George, the nationwide flag of England and a legacy of India’s 9 long period as a crown dependency, which ended with independence in 1947.
PM Modi will unveil the new graph during the commissioning of Vikrant in Kerala on Friday, which his office has described as “a giant step” for the army’s self-reliance..
The St. George move was a function of naval insignia when you consider that apart from a quick spell between 1928, 2001 and 2004, when the then BJP government replaced it with the blue Indian Navy crest.
It was reopened after complaints from service members that the crest was not intended to be without difficulty now seen against the colors of the sky and sea, nearby media reviews said.
Vikrant entered the supplier with a small aircraft carrier selling second-hand from Russia, which has long been a major supplier of dates to New Delhi.
Prime Minister Modi’s government has sought to wean the US off its dependence on foreign military purchases and build a domestic defense hardware industry.
It has warned of strategic actions posed by China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean, raising security concerns this month when neighboring Sri Lanka allowed a port to approach a Chinese lookup ship accused of espionage activities.
India is a member of the so-called Quad alongside the US, Japan and Australia, a security alliance centered on the Indo-Pacific and aimed at offering a more important counterweight to China’s growing naval and financial power.
