List of flags of Nepal explained

This is the list of all the flags used and being used in Nepal.

National flags

Flag!scope="col"

Date	Use	Description	.
	19th century	Former flag of Nepal	Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon.	^[1]
	1856—c. 1930	Former flag of Nepal	Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon edited with faces.	^[2]
	c. 1930—1962	Former flag of Nepal	Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon.	^[3]
	1962—present	National flag of Nepal	Double-pennon with sun and the crescent moon without the faces to modernize the flag.	^[4]

Royal flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description	.
	1928–1969	Royal Standard	Rectangle flag with sun and the crescent moon.	^[5]
	1969–2001	Royal Standard	Rectangle flag with sun and the crescent moon.
	2001–2008	Royal Standard	Rectangle flag with sun and the crescent moon without the faces to modernize the flag.

City

Flag!scope="col"

Date	Use	Description	.
	unknown	Flag of Kathmandu		^[6]

Historical flags

Flag!scope="col"

Date	Use	Description	.
	Unknown	Former flag of Mustang Kingdom		^[7] ^[8]
	Unknown	Flag of Mustang Kingdom

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
Current
	2022–present	Nepal Socialist Party
	2021–present
	2021–present	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2021–present
	2021–present
	2020–present
	2019–present
	2017–present
	2016–present
	2008–present
Link to file<	-- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information -->	2007–present
Link to file<	-- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information -->	2007–present
Link to file<	-- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information -->	1999–present
	1994–present
	1990–present
	1990–present
	1975–present
	1975–present
	1970–present
Link to file<	-- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information -->	1965–present
	1950–present
Former
	2017-2020
	2017
	2016-2019
	2009-?
	2007–2017
	2006-2015
	2005–2013
	2005–2007
	2002-2009
	1991-2021
	1985-2017

Notes and References

1. Web site: vexilla mundi.
2. Web site: Nosowitz. Dan. 3 September 2018. Decoding the Unusual Shape of the Nepali Flag. 18 November 2020. Atlas Obscura. en. 18 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118154654/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nepal-flag-shape. live.
3. Book: Smith, Nicole. What Flag?. 9 November 2015. Book Sales. 978-0-7858-3323-9. en. 18 November 2020. 18 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118154642/https://books.google.com/books?id=fr1GDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA134&dq=nepal+1962+flag&hl=en. live.
4. Web site: Flag of Nepal. 18 November 2020. Encyclopædia Britannica. en. 18 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118154653/https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Nepal. live.
5. Web site: Nepal Royal Flags. 2021-01-12. crwflags.com.
6. Web site: Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701081037/http://kathmandu.gov.np/. 1 July 2015. 18 November 2020. Kathmandu.
7. Book: Peissel, Michel. Mustang: A Lost Tibetan Kingdom. 1992. Pilgrims Book House. 978-81-7303-002-4. en. 18 November 2020. 18 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118154639/https://books.google.com/books?id=JLE2AAAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en. live.
8. Web site: Principality of Mustang, Nepal. 18 November 2020. crwflags.com. 18 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118152716/https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/np-must.html. live.