Before the Tricolour, India's identity did not rest on a single flag. It moved through symbols used by empires, kingdoms, and ...

Some of the earliest symbols depicted objects from a mostly rural India: a plow, a cow, a bullock cart. Then in the 1960s and 1970s, symbols like a tractor, a truck and an electric pole made their ...

The Samajwadi Party's bicycle symbol pictured on a flag during a 2017 rally. Assigned by the Electoral Commission of India, party symbols can be important campaigning tools.

NEW DELHI – At 1.3 billion people, India is the world's largest and arguably the most chaotic democracy. Elections are a complicated logistical exercise that blends colorful pageantry with more ...

It has billionaires and big ambitions. Now India wants something that no global economic powerhouse should be without: an international symbol for its currency. The hope is that the rupee sign will ...

NEW DELHI — The Indian rupee joined the U.S. dollar, the British pound, the euro and the Japanese yen on Thursday when it got its very own symbol. The rupee’s new rune is a modification of a ...

India offers hundreds of symbols for political parties. The flashlight, "lady farmer" and lotus blossom (Prime Minister Modi's party symbol) appear on voting machine ballots for elections this spring.

Ceiling fans, brooms and mangoes: The election symbols of India’s political parties Manveena Suri , CNN and Oscar Holland , CNN 4 min read ...

A flashlight, a flower and a "lady farmer" are a few of the symbols on the ballot. They were originally meant to help illiterate voters. New symbols reflect urbanized, modern India.

India's 900 Million Voters Can Vote For A Kite, A Comb Or A Mango : Goats and Soda A flashlight, a flower and a "lady farmer" are a few of the symbols on the ballot. They were originally meant to ...