[FONT="]“THE SADNESS OF MOTHER INDIA”, AN INDIAN FLAG CHALLENGE[/FONT]
[FONT="]New Challenge:[/FONT] [FONT="] May 24th 2011
Closing Date for entries: May 30th 2011
POD:
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[FONT="]When British rule on the Indian subcontinent ended in 1952 the Union of Greater India was established. The Union consisted of OTL Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Birma, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, southern Tibet, eastern Iran.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Within a couple of years however the Union fell into a permanent state of war as several parts of the realm proclaimed independance. For a few years the Union was succesfull in keeping it’s territories together with help from allied countries (Great Britain, U.S.A., Japan, Germany), but after 1966 the first of several realms actually gained independance.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Around the 1980’s the Union still survived, but was surrounded by several hostile countries which were once part of the Union itself. Only due to heavy military and financial support from Japan and Germany the Union was able to hold on to it’s core territories .
CHALLENGE:
Design a flag for the surviving Union of Greater India or for one of the other parts that became independant after 1966. [/FONT]
[FONT="]New Challenge:[/FONT] [FONT="] May 24th 2011
Closing Date for entries: May 30th 2011
POD:
[/FONT]
[FONT="]When British rule on the Indian subcontinent ended in 1952 the Union of Greater India was established. The Union consisted of OTL Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Birma, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, southern Tibet, eastern Iran.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Within a couple of years however the Union fell into a permanent state of war as several parts of the realm proclaimed independance. For a few years the Union was succesfull in keeping it’s territories together with help from allied countries (Great Britain, U.S.A., Japan, Germany), but after 1966 the first of several realms actually gained independance.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Around the 1980’s the Union still survived, but was surrounded by several hostile countries which were once part of the Union itself. Only due to heavy military and financial support from Japan and Germany the Union was able to hold on to it’s core territories .
CHALLENGE:
Design a flag for the surviving Union of Greater India or for one of the other parts that became independant after 1966. [/FONT]