New World's Largest Flag!
India has now taken the record of World's Largest Flag away from Mexico. They unvield this bohemoth of a flag in Mumbai overlooking the Gateway To India as part of the country's Navy Day.
The new record holding flag is 225ft wide, 150ft tall, and took 70 Khadi artists 49 days to make according to the Times of India.
All flags of India must, by law, be made of Khadi hand spun cloth. Making a flag out of anything else is punishable by law for up to three years!
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Michael Green is a credentialed vexillologist and the founder of Flags For Good, an Indianapolis-based flag company dedicated to causes worth flying. He served as Technical Editor of The Complete Guide to Flags of the World, 4th Edition and has delivered multiple TEDx talks on flag design and symbolism. With flags encountered across 75+ countries, Michael brings both academic expertise and real-world perspective to everything he writes about flags.
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