Flag of the Romani people censorship to read "Gypsy flags" ("banderitas gitanas"). Suspicions that the tricolor's prominently displayed red stood for communism led some activists to promote a green-blue bicolor with a red flame or wheel instead of the stripe. The wheel variant was the basis for the design recognized by the WRC in 1971. The ultimate design is attributed to an Indian Romologist, Weer Rajendra Rishi. Specifications were also adopted at that meeting, basing the wheel itself on the "Ashoka Chakra", as used in the flag of India. The decision to include "something Indian" on the flag was generally popular, reflecting in part Rishi's
Flag of the Komi Republic Flag of the Komi Republic The Flag of the Komi Republic is the flag that represents the Komi Republic, a federal subject and republic of Russia. The flag is a horizontal tricolour composed of three bars of, from top to bottom, medium blue, green, and white. Together, they represent Komi's natural wealth. The blue represents the splendour and spaciousness of the northern sky. The green represents nature, its bounty, and the taiga. The white represents the color of snow, the purity of nature in the north, simplicity, and austerity, as well as Komi being a country in the north. According