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Meaning of the Flag

The State Flag of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is a horizontal rectangular tricolor flag of saffron, green, and red with a large white five-pointed star in the center. The current flag was adopted on 21 October 2010. The background is a saffron, green, and red tricolor, meant to honour the tricolours used during the independence struggle. The white star stands for purity, honesty, fullness of compassion, and power. The big white star in the canton and the red field honour the Resistance Flag and indicate the anti-fascist struggle.

Meaning of Flag Colors

Red, Green, White, Saffron

Flag History

1. 1930
   In 1930, the Dobama Asiayone adopted a tricolour (Burmese: သုံးရောင်ခြယ်, lit. 'three colour painted') of yellow, green and red.
2. 1948–1974
   

   In 1945, when the Burma National Army changed sides and fought together with local resistance forces against the Japanese.
3. 1951–1957
   

   The two flags used by the country immediately before the 2010 flag both originated in the Burmese Resistance, which adopted a red flag with a white star when fighting the occupying Japanese forces during World War II.
4. 1974–2010
   

   Unlike the previous 1974 State Flag Law, the 2010 Union Flag Law includes the definition of the flag.
5. 2010–present
   

   Current national flag, in use since 2010.

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