Naval Ensign of India
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian Navy ensign | 2 |
| Naval Ensign of India canonical | 2 |
| Ensign of the Indian Navy | 1 |
| Flag of the Indian Navy (post-2022 design) | 1 |
| Flag of the Indian Navy (pre-2022 designs) | 1 |
| Indian Navy Ensign | 1 |
| Indian naval ensign | 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
British White Ensign
ⓘ
linked to:
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 warships ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Navy
|
| 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 |
Flag of India
ⓘ
linked to:
Tiranga (Indian national flag)
Naval Jack of India ⓘ President's Standard of India ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential 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 emblem ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Navy
Indian national flag ⓘ
linked to:
Tiranga (Indian national flag)
Saint George's Cross ⓘ
linked to:
Cross of Saint George
|
| timeOfHoisting | sunrise ⓘ |
| timeOfLowering | sunset ⓘ |
| usedBy | Indian Navy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
peacetime naval operations
ⓘ
wartime naval operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Naval Ensign of India Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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