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Murmu presents President’s Standard and Colors to four IAF units

  • March 9, 2024
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Murmu presents President’s Standard and Colors to four IAF units

Subject: Polity

Section: Msc

Context:

  • President Droupadi Murmu on March 8 presented the President’s Standard’s to two fighter squadrons of IAF and President’s Colors to two formations at Hindon Air Force station.

More on news:

  • This is the first time in the history of the service that four units have been awarded the President’s Standard and Colors together in a single ceremony.
  • These include:
    • No. 45 ‘Flying Daggers’, the first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) squadron of the IAF and No. 221 Squadron ‘Valiants’ which flew almost one-third of all offensive missions of the IAF during the 1999 Kargil conflict will be at President’s Standard. 
    • The 11 Base Repair Depot (BRD) and 509 Signal Unit (SU) will be awarded President’s Colors.
  • The award of the President’s Standard and Colors is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon any military unit.

Presidential standard of India:

  • The presidential standard of India was a flag flown by the president of India from 1950 to 1971.
  • It succeeded the flag of the governor-general of India (used during the 1947–1950 period of the Dominion of India) on 26 January 1950, when India became a republic.
  • It ceased being used on 15 August 1971, when the president began using the national flag of India.
  • The standard was a rectangle divided quarterly into blue and red quadrants. Each quadrant was occupied by national symbols drawn in gold outline. The symbols were-
    • 1st quarter: The Lion Capital of Ashoka, which is the State Emblem of India, to represent unity;
    • 2nd quarter: A lively Indian elephant from a 5th-century painting of Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra to represent patience and strength;
    • 3rd quarter: A weighing scale from the 17th-century Red Fort, Delhi, to represent justice and economy;
    • 4th quarter: A vase of Indian lotus from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh to represent prosperity.

President’s Colour Award:

  • The President’s Colour Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon any military unit of India. 
  • It is also known as Nishaan, which is an emblem that is worn by all unit officers on the left-hand sleeve of their uniform.
  • While the practice of carrying the Colour into battle has stopped, the tradition of receiving, holding and parading the Colour continues even today in the Armed forces.
  • The President’s Colors is very significant, if the unit loses their colors, it is a disgrace for that unit and, if the unit captured the enemy’s colors then it is a great honor for that unit.

Murmu presents President's Standard and Colors to four IAF units Polity

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