Jammu and Kashmir

The banner of , India, is the territory's emblem on a white field. It replaced the 2019 flag that lost its status a the official flag of .
==Former flag==
The former state flag of from 1952 to 2019 was a red-and-white flag with a plough and three straight lines. After became a union territory in 2019, the flag lost its official status.
==History== 
The original state flag originated from events that took place on July 13, 1931 in Srinagar. On that day, Kashmiri Muslims were protesting outside the Srinagar Central Jail premises at Srinagar where Abdul Qadeer was arrested on the charge of terrorism and inciting public against the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir by Dogra state forces. The blood-tainted shirt of one of the victims was then hoisted by the crowd as the new flag of Kashmir. On July 11, 1939, the older version flag was adopted by the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, a political party. On June 7, 1952, a resolution was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, making it the official state flag.
==Symbolism==
The original state flag was red, which originally symbolized the workers and laborers. In the middle, a white plough symbolized the peasants. Next to the staff, three vertical white stripes represented the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
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