the civil ensign indian flag was hoisted for the first time on 22 august 1907.
when was the civil ensign indian flag hoisted for the first time?
22 august 1907
the origins of the "pink, white and green"(sic) were obscure but recent scholarship has determined it was first used in the late 1870s or early 1880s by the roman catholic fraternal organization the star of the sea association. in the catholic church, mary, the mother of jesus, is known as the "star of the sea" (in latin "stella maris") the flag became more widely used by other st. john's and surrounding area catholic groups shortly thereafter. given that, it was likely based on the similar flag of ireland (then also unofficial). it is also said that the current republic of ireland flag is actually based on the pink, white and green(sic) tricolour but the irish tricolour was in use long before 1871. newspaper reports indicate a "native flag" was displayed in public ceremonies alongside the union jack when the prince of wales visited st. john's in 1860, but that was the true "native flag of red, white and green" rather than the "pink, white and green"(sic) since the star of the sea association did not exist until 1871. the green-white-pink tricolour flag was dismissed as a potential official flag when the british parliament legislated a civil ensign for newfoundland in 1904, which was a red ensign defaced with the great seal of newfoundland.the great seal was used rather than the shield from the coat of arms since the coat of arms had been forgotten and its use was only reinstated after the first world war for use on graves in europe. the coat of arms has been in use since. during the provincial flag debates of the 1970s an edition of the roman catholic archdiocese's newsletter "the monitor" revived the idea that the flag is symbolic of a tradition between local ethnically-english protestants (represented by the pink) and ethnically-irish catholics (represented by the green). the vert was said to represent the flag of brian boru, the rose symbolized the rose of england and the argent represented the peace between them, and the cross of saint andrew. the claim that pink was representative of english newfoundlanders was first made by r.c.bishop michael f howley in his 1902 poem "the flag of newfoundland". this legend is unlikely, however, as the rose of england (the tudor rose) is not pink but red and white, and the newfoundland natives' society, which was claimed in the legend as being a protestant society which used a pink flag, actually contained catholics as well as protestants, including a catholic president (dr edward kielly) at the supposed time of the inception of the "pink, white and green"(sic). pink has never been used in any known fashion to represent england, its people or any of the protestant denominations. in another version of the legend, originating around 1900, it was claimed that the green represented newly arriving irish settlers to newfoundland and pink was again taken from the natives' society flag, but this time the natives' society was said to be a roman catholic group representing catholics already living in newfoundland. protestants were not included at all. the latest interpretation of the supposed symbolism of the "pink, white and green" seems to have arisen in the 1970s during provincial flag debates in newfoundland as an effort to gain protestant support for an irish-based flag - protestants representing 60% of the province's population - but it is unlikely to be a factual account of history. the flag gained a sentimental resurgence in the 1990s/2000s both as a political statement and on products aimed at the tourism industry.
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