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by Chrystian Kretowicz
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Apparently the last flag
of Bundi was a horizontal triband flag with a maroon (red) stripe in between two
saffron (orange) ones, and that the first flag was only orange (not yellow), as
reported by Henry Soszynski, obtained from the Prince of Bundi - Vanshardvhan
Singh:
"I am happy
that you made the required changes on the page of Bundi, answering the query
made by you I went across and had a look by the link you sent me. To rectify
that as well it is not yellow it should have been orange coloured flag, to be
more accurate the colour is saffron coloured flag which was used during the
time of Mughal Empire (15th century) later during the British period it was
made into a tri-coloured flag with a maroon strip in between."
Ben Cahoon,
15 August 2009
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by Chrystian Kretowicz
From Filcher (1984):
PRINCIPALITY OF BUNDI
Princely States of Rajputana - Rajasthan, Rajasthan Residency, Present-day
Rajasthan
17 Gun Salute
Area: 5, 750 sq. km
Acceded to the Union of India on April 7, 1949, Founded: Predecessor state was
founded in 1342 by Rao Deva, a descendant of Rao Visaladeva, King of Ajmer.
Flag:
The flag is all yellow since the capture in 1579 of the yellow banner of Nabab
Darja Khan, who rebelled against the Emperor
Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 January 2002
The flag, which Henry Soszynski
obtained from the authoritative source (Prince of Bundi - Vanshardvhan Singh)
for his magnificent
website on Indian Princely States
is, perhaps, a royal (princely) flag of Bundi. My drawing of the flag
was based on the description of it in André Flicher's 'Drapeaux et Armoiries
des Etats Princiers de l'Empire des Indes' where he, explicitly, says: "le
drapeau est de couleur jaune...", which means 'yellow' and not saffron or orange. Further, Roberto Breschi
has that flag at
http://www.rbvex.it/asiapag/jaipur.html#bundi, where he
describes and shows it as 'giallo' (which means 'yellow').
Roberto Breschi dates this flag : 'sec.XVI - 1949' and notes it is in one of
the colors of the Rajputs. Indeed, yellow is among them and no saffron or
orange in sight. Roberto bases his IPS flags on research of such highly
respected and reliable authorities as: John D.McMeekin, Aldo Ziggoto, Lucien
Philippe and André Flicher. So, either the Prince of Bundi or a bunch of the
Titans of Vexillology are wrong?
Go figure - another subject for the intense study for the avid students of
vexillology among us.
Chrystian
Kretowicz, 26 August 2009
![[Bundi 1935]](../images/i/in-bundi1935.jpg)
image by John McMeekin, 20 May 2014
BUNDI FLAG in 1935
Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white
and yellow, with a red stripe at the hoist (one third the size of the top band).
Within the white band are red symbols - in the center of the flag running
towards the hoist, is a reversed crescent (with its "horns" towards the hoist),
a moon - (half the diameter of the hoist-stripe), crossed Rajput "daggers" in
line drawing (sideways), their points towards the hoist, a motto-label with a
Rajput inscription on it.
John McMeekin, 20 May 2014
