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Indian Army Flags

War Flag
Chief of Army Staff
Army Ordnance Corps
Corps of EME
Regiment of Artillery
Army Medical Corps
Northern Command
Other flags sighted at army bases

See also:

War Flag

from Smith, "Flags and Arms across the World"

The Indian war flag is red with golden crossed swords and a capital from the Maurya empire time that is the national coat of arms of India. On the flag is just the capital without the inscription that is a part of the arms.
Zeljko Heimer

(See also Chief of Army Staff)

Chief of Army Staff

by Paige Herring, 23 August 1998

The flag of Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Armed Forces is the same as the Civil Ensign; however, emblems from the army flag, the swords and the national arms, have been appropriated. Proportions 2:3.
Source: Kannik.
Paige Herring, 23 August 1998

In the Defense Planning Staff briefing room in New Delhi, this flag appeared to be used as the army flag, along with the flags of the other services, rather than that of the Chief of Army Staff. The flag on the car of the Chief of Army Staff may have been this flag, but I thought at the time that it had instead the insignia of a general of the Indian Army on the fly rather than the Army badge: Ashoka lions above a five pointed star above a crossed baton and sword. The flag was made of metal with the emblems painted on it.
Joe McMillan, 3 December 2000

The army webpage contains a flashing image starting with a version of this flag without the swords, suggesting that it may be the army flag.
Contributed by Ivan Sache, 26 August 2001

Carr (1961) says that this flag "is now displayed on Service buildings where it was formerly the custom to fly the Union Flag. It is officially known as the "Flag National India"."

Barraclough (1971) assigns it to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. (That smells of correcting without reading...)
Jarig Bakker, 14 February 2001