File:Flag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg

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Description

English: Flag of Ceylon between 1951 and 1972.

Date

1951-1972

Source

Own Work, based on Flag of Ceylon.svg and Flag of Sri Lanka.svg

Author

Thommy

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Derivative works of this file: Flags of Dominion of Ceylon.svg

Flag of Sri Lanka (1972–present)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:20, 30 December 2020	1,200 × 600 (59 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed proportions for elements according to latest version of File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg and File:Flag of Ceylon (1948–1951).svg. See also: [http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/sri_lanka_flag.html] (Vexilla Mundi) and [https://www.fotw.info/flags/lk.html#constr] (Flags of the World). No other changes.
	19:04, 28 December 2020	1,200 × 600 (54 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Increased nominal dimensions. Fixed slight path imperfection for the "lion" (sword). Optimized svg code with code cleanup and reduction. No other changes.
	16:56, 24 December 2018	1,000 × 500 (49 KB)	Tcfc2349	reduce size
	16:34, 24 December 2018	1,000 × 500 (58 KB)	Tcfc2349	fixed
	05:08, 6 November 2011	1,000 × 500 (58 KB)	Uvants2	Corrected colour issues
	16:54, 5 November 2011	1,000 × 500 (60 KB)	Uvants2	Clean up, using proper lion as per Constitution of Sri Lanka (http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/Schedle_2_Amd.html)
	13:20, 26 June 2007	1,000 × 500 (24 KB)	Thommy9
	11:16, 26 June 2007	1,000 × 500 (23 KB)	Thommy9	{{Information \|Description={{en\| Flag of Ceylon between 1951 and 1972.}} \|Source=Own Work, based on Flag of Ceylon.svg and Flag of Sri Lanka.svg \|Date=06/26/2007 \|A