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	The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, is today on display in the National Museum of American History, a part of the Smithsonian Institution.
		During the night, Key witnessed the battle, and was inspired by the American victory and the sight of the enormous American flag still standing in the midst of the battle.
		This situation was lampooned in the comedy film, The Naked Gun, as its star Leslie Nielsen, undercover as an opera singer at a ball game, made mincemeat of the lyrics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner (2754 words)

	The Morning Star
		While the Morning Star lay in the harbour a meeting was held on board her for the sake of giving the missionary at Shalong a public opportunity to testify their joy, and also to impress on the natives the nature of the work which they were doing.
		The Morning Star was built in about twelve weeks and from the laying of the keel she was ready to be launched.
		When the Morning Star was about to sail, there was another gathering at India Wharf, Boston, where she lay.
	www.janeresture.com /morningstar (2754 words)

	star of india
		THERE WAS ANOTHER " STAR OF INDIA " BUILT IN 1861 BY WRIGHT'S OF ST.JOHNS.
		THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER IN 1861.
		SHE LAYS IN SAN DIEGO MARITIME MUSEUM.THE SHAW SAVILL FLAG IS FLOWN ON HER AT ALL TIMES.
	www.shawsavillships.co.uk /star.htm (147 words)

	Star of India -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		national flag consisting of a green field with a large white crescent and star; at the hoist end is a vertical white stripe.
		People of the ancient world thought that stars were tiny lights on the inner side of a great, hollow globe.
		Hemingway hated the film adaptations of his novels but was friendly with many Hollywood stars.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9069443?tocId=9069443 (708 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, is today on display in the National Museum of American History, a part of the Smithsonian Institution.
		It became well known as a patriotic song to the tune of a popular English drinking song, "To Anacreon in Heaven." It was recognized for official use by the United States Navy (1889) and by the White House (1916), and was made the national anthem by a Congressional resolution on March 3, 1931.
		The lyrics were written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland by British ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner (2184 words)

	Mizoram (India)
		Notice that some parties in India have two flags: the party flag and the electoral flag, both similar but the latter one bearing the election symbol, while the party flag does not always have the electoral symbol on it.
		I found a photo of the flag that is very similar to the Japanese national flag but square: a white flag with a red sun (1/3), no rays.
		The Zoram Nationalist Party, which was formed in 1997 after the split from the Mizo National Front, uses twelve-pointed star (or sun) as its electoral symbol, so it is very probable that the flag is already adopted as Jaume shows.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/in-mz.html (1179 words)

	Phantom II Continental Cabriolet
		Affectionately known as The Star of India this magnificent Phantom II's name is an epigraph dating back to the days when one of the world's most valuable precious stones was a symbol in India's national flag.
		That, of course, was the 563 carat star sapphire Star of India and the era was when the Sovereign of the United Kingdom was Emperor of India, too.
		A great many books contain photos of "The Star of India" and often it was subject of magazine or TV reports.
	www.rolls-royce-sammlung.de /eng/stern.htm (241 words)

	Mizoram (India)
		The Zoram Nationalist Party, which was formed in 1997 after the split from the Mizo National Front, uses twelve-pointed star (or sun) as its electoral symbol, so it is very probable that the flag is already adopted as Jaume shows.
		Notice that some parties in India have two flags: the party flag and the electoral flag, both similar but the latter one bearing the election symbol, while the party flag does not always have the electoral symbol on it.
		Later, while I was printing the list of political symbols in India, I noticed that the ZNP has as its symbol a red sun without rays.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/in-mz.html (1179 words)

	World War II: India
		This flag was used to represent India, which was still part of the British Empire, during World War II.
		The "Star of India" was India's highest order of Chivalry during the British Raj.
		The flag of India, ensign of India, vexillology, flags and ensigns.
	www.flags.net /old/WWIIINDA.htm (80 words)

	World War II: India
		The "Star of India" was India's highest order of Chivalry during the British Raj.
		This flag was used to represent India, which was still part of the British Empire, during World War II.
		The flag of India, ensign of India, vexillology, flags and ensigns.
	www.flags.net /old/WWIIINDA.htm (80 words)

	India - Political Parties
		The Indian Communist Party - Marxist has a seven pointed white star in the canton and the hammer and sickle is a bit different.
		The flag of the Party shall be a red flag of which the length shall be one-and-a-half times its width.
		Janata Dal (United), with 7 members of the Lok Sabha, is another ally of the BJP.
	flags.efb.ch /flags/in}.html (80 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Flags of the Arab World
		The Ottoman flag waved over Egypt until the British protectorate was established from 1914 to 1922; at that point a khedival flag of three star-and-crescents was substituted.
		From China, the idea of the flag moved to and through India to the Arab lands, where, with the advent of Islam in the early seventh century, it took root and flourished.
		The red is drawn from the old Omani flag and symbolizes the battles fought to expel foreign invaders, the white stands for peace and prosperity and the green for the fertility of the land.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197802/flags.of.the.arab.world.htm (2713 words)

	Chapter Blue Flag <i>to</i> Boating Colours of B by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		Blue Knight (The), sir Persaunt of India, called by Tennyson “Morning Star” or “Phosphorus.” He was one of the four brothers who kept the passages of Castle Perilous, and was overthrown by sir Gareth.—Sir T.
		Blue Flag (A) in the Roman empire was a warning of danger.
		Blue Hen, a nickname for the state of Delaware, United States.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1112/15824/1.html (447 words)

	Flag of Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The national flag of Pakistan was designed by Amir-ud-Din Khidwai based on the 1906 flag of the All-India Muslim League.
		The flag comprises a dark green field (representing Muslims) with a vertical white stripe in the hoist (left side) (representing non-Muslim minorities).
		The Pakistan Flag is flown on the official residences of the following public officials:
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Pakistan (279 words)

	Guide to england travel, news and more.
		Gough says that a number of the current England squad have called for him to be included for the tour of India saying that a few have upset the England officials.
		Until recently England was generally thought of as a gentle, fabled land freeze-framed sometime in the 1930s, home of the post office, country pub and vicarage.
		Most beguiling of all are the long-established villages of England, hundreds of which amount to nothing more than a pub, a shop, a gaggle of cottages and a farmhouse offering bed and breakfast.
	www.1800england.com (714 words)

	Timeline 1959
		1959 Jul 4, A 49-star flag was raised for the first time at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., in honor of Alaska which had become the 49th state in the Union on July 7, 1958.
		1959 A water agreement between Egypt and Sudan was based on an annual net yield of 96.2 billion cubic yards of water and gave Egypt 72.15 billion and Sudan 20.04.
		1959 In Indonesia the constitution of 1950 was rescinded.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1959.HTML (7514 words)

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	Rec Fresh : Article 'National Democratic Front of Bodoland'
		The flag of the NDFB is green with a yellow star on red background on the corner.
		In_bodoland.gif Flag of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland The Bodo Security Force (BSF) was created in 1988, under the leadership of Ranjan Daimary.
		The Bodo (community) group is based on the state of Assam in India.
	www.rec-fresh.net /DisplayArticle418898.html (2974 words)

	A1 Grand Prix ™
		A1 Team India's President, high profile Bollywood film star, Anil Kapoor went on to say: 'We are looking forward to the A1 series and this could very well be the next biggest sport since cricket.
		A1 Team India’s President, high profile Bollywood film star, Anil Kapoor went on to say: ‘We are looking forward to the A1 series and this could very well be the next biggest sport since cricket.
		Decked in the orange, green and white of the Indian flag, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and Anil Kapoor flagged off the car as it left the imposing arch of India Gate heading up the Rajpath.
	www.a1gp.com /news/index.php?flashNavId=1&newsid=12 (1475 words)

	India: Historical Flags
		Before 1947, under the British, the "official" Indian flag was the Union Jack "defaced" (the official term) by the star of the G.C.S.I. (Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India) at the center.
		This is the only flag of the Indian National Congress of which I was previously aware: it shows a horizontal tricolour of orange, white and green with a dark blue spinning wheel on the central stripe.
		On the eve of Indian independence in August 1947, the Warrant Officer took down the flag, had his men chop down the metal flagpole with an axe, hack out the foundations and cement over the hole where it had stood.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/in-hist.html (1475 words)

	Mizoram (India) # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen Nationalflagge Shop Flaggenshop Versand kaufen bestellen
		The Zoram Nationalist Party, which was formed in 1997 after the split from the Mizo National Front, uses twelve-pointed star (or sun) as its electoral symbol, so it is very probable that the flag is already adopted as Jaume shows.
		Notice that some parties in India have two flags: the party flag and the electoral flag, both similar but the latter one bearing the election symbol, while the party flag does not always have the electoral symbol on it.
		I found a photo of the flag that is very similar to the Japanese national flag but square: a white flag with a red sun (1/3), no rays.
	www.fahnenversand.de /fotw/flags/in-mz.html (1475 words)

	Mizoram (India)
		The Zoram Nationalist Party, which was formed in 1997 after the split from the Mizo National Front, uses twelve-pointed star (or sun) as its electoral symbol, so it is very probable that the flag is already adopted as Jaume shows.
		Notice that some parties in India have two flags: the party flag and the electoral flag, both similar but the latter one bearing the election symbol, while the party flag does not always have the electoral symbol on it.
		I found a photo of the flag that is very similar to the Japanese national flag but square: a white flag with a red sun (1/3), no rays.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/in-mz.html (1179 words)

	Pakistan - Political flags
		At http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/1977.htm the flag of the Pakistan National Alliance, which seems to be the same group, is shown as green with nine white stars, 3 x 3, each star tilted about 30 degrees counterclockwise.
		A poster was displayed in Quetta, Pakistan, showing this flag along with what appear to be variants of the Taliban flag (white with one or another variant of the shehada), displayed in Quetta, Pakistan.
		The colors are the same, but the green and red bands in the hoist are of about equal width, the crescent and star face the hoist, the crescent is thinner and shallower, and the Takbir (Allahu akbar) appears in red between the crescent and the star.
	fotw.fivestarflags.com /pk}.html (1179 words)

	Malaysia
		The flag of Malaysia is a combination of traditional Islamic symbols and the Stars and Stripes.
		The Straits Settlements were an East India Company protectorate, and I suspect that the stripes on the Malaysian flag make reference to both their federation and their history with the East India Company.
		The union contains the crescent which is the symbol of Islam, and the star, the 14 points of which symbolise the unity of the 13 states of the federation with the federal government.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/my.html (1351 words)

	Salvation Army
		(There is a strong Salvation Army presence in India to this day.) The star in European countries tends to be blunter than the one produced in the USA, and in Europe it usually has a red inside border along the edge of the star.
		On http://dragnev.chat.ru/army/simbols.htm (in Russian) is a flag of the Salvation Army in Russia.
		The flag of the Salvation Army is basically the same throughout the world, except that:
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/rel-sala.html (652 words)

	Mizoram (India)
		The colors are the same as chosen for the flag of MNF, and the cross is a popular symbol of Christianity (beside the "Star of David") among overwhelmingly Christian Mizos - Presbyterians, Baptists, Roman Catholics and members of the Salvation Army.
		Mr Pasch once sent me a number of Myanmar independentist flags, which he had found on a 1975 article about Burmese flags, and those included a flag of the Chin people which actually is the one found in Smith (1975b).
		The Zoram Nationalist Party, which was formed in 1997 after the split from the Mizo National Front, uses twelve-pointed star (or sun) as its electoral symbol, so it is very probable that the flag is already adopted as Jaume shows.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/in-mz.html (1179 words)

	Pakistan - Political flags
		At http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/1977.htm the flag of the Pakistan National Alliance, which seems to be the same group, is shown as green with nine white stars, 3 x 3, each star tilted about 30 degrees counterclockwise.
		A poster was displayed in Quetta, Pakistan, showing this flag along with what appear to be variants of the Taliban flag (white with one or another variant of the shehada), displayed in Quetta, Pakistan.
		The MQM was founded in 1981 as "Muhajir Quami Mahaz" (Muhajir National Movement), and was mainly concerned with the rights of post-partition Urdu-speaking migrants from India to Pakistan, who it would like to see recognized as constituting a "fifth nationality".
	fotw.fivestarflags.com /pk}.html (1179 words)

	Malaysia
		The use of red and white stripes to represent a federation is clearly a United States innovation, but early U.S. flag designers probably got the idea of red and white stripes from the flag of the British East India Company, whose ships were frequently seen in American ports.
		Federation of Malaya Order No.61 of 1949 announced that a committee had been set up to make recommendations for the design of a Federation Flag.
		The 14 pointed star symbolises the unity of the 13 states and the federal government.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/my.html (1351 words)

	Scuttlebutt Europe: Sailing News
		Check local listings for the following networks: ESPN-Star, Mnet Supersport International/CSN (Africa), Star India, Star Southeast Asia, Star Taiwan, Foxsports Australia, Foxsports South America, Foxsports Middle East, Foxsports Eastern Europe, JSkyB Japan, Stream Italy
		Produced by boats.com Europe and Seahorse magazine, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis.
		A north-westerly breeze and brilliant sunshine greeted the fleet for day 3 of the OK Dinghy World Championship at Skælskør in Denmark with another day of patchy, testing winds that saw many high profile casualities picking up high scores.
	scuttlebutteurope.com (1351 words)

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