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Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (India)

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 3 May 2008

Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) is a political party in the state of Tamil Nadu, which was formed in 1994 by V.Gopalsamy (better known as Vaiko), formerly a prominent member of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam^[1]. The party flag is a red-black-red horizontal triband. The photo from online edition of Frontline magazine^[2] and photo gallery from online edition of Sangoli, official weekly magazine of the MDMK^[3], show flags with aspect ratio 2:3 and dark red colour. The party Web site^[4], on the other hand, shows images of flag with aspect ratio 1:2 and shade of red halfway between the FIAV colours R and R+. The same shade of red is also used at Sangoli web site for the magazine name at the page header, which is painted like the party flag^[3]. Just like the flag of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, from which it is obviously derived, it is possible that this flag was originally meant to have a lighter colour shade, which in practice eventually became darker. The prevailing aspect ratio may be determined from the photos, which all show a flag less oblong than 1:2.

Sources:
^[1]Wikipedia page about Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam
^[2] Frontline magazine online edition - Issue 14, July 08 - 21, 2000: www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1714/17141290.htm
^[3] Sangoli online edition - photo gallery: www.sangoli.org/gallery.php
^[4] Web site of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: www.mdmk.org.in

Tomislav Todorovic, 3 May 2008