Flag of Japan ring around the red sun. It was later replaced by a flag that consisted of the 〒 postal mark in red on a white background. Two recently designed national flags resemble the Japanese flag. In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan, and it adopted a national flag that had a green background, charged with an off-centered red disc that contained a golden map of Bangladesh. The current flag, adopted in 1972, dropped the golden map and kept everything else. The Government of Bangladesh officially calls the red disc a circle; the red color symbolizes the blood that was shed to
Flag of Toronto William Lyon Mackenzie. The marine ensign consists of the main city flag in the upper canton with a life preserver on two tone blue background. From 1954 to 1998, (pre-amalgamation), the old city of Toronto and surrounding areas formed a level of municipal government known as Metropolitan Toronto. During this time it had its own flag, which consisted of the region's six-ringed logo on the left side, centred vertically on a blue and green background. Flag of Toronto The flag of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was designed by Renato De Santis, a 21-year-old George Brown College student. It won in a