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However, the proposal was rejected due to negative connotations with the revolution at that time.

Jonas Basanavičius proposed recognising the flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (a white knight against the red background) as the Lithuanian flag. The discussions on the design of the national flag in Lithuania began in the Great Seimas of Vilnius in 1905. Meanwhile, the known flag of Lithuania Minor since the 17th century was green, white and red. Nevertheless, in the second half of the 19th century, the design of colours symbolising Lithuania were being developed by vast Lithuanian communities in emigration in the USA and Lithuanians who had remained in the Russian Empire. Incorporation in the Russian Empire prevented Lithuania from considering the design of a national flag for a long period of time. The history of the Lithuanian tricolour flag is long and complicated. In the 19th century, the majority of European countries had their national tricolour flags, whose colours normally stemmed from the colours of the national coat of arms. Three equal stripes of the flag meant universal equality before law. The greatest impetus for the development of striped flags was made by the French Revolution in 1789, when the previously used royal white flag was replaced with a tricolour flag. National striped flags emerged rather late in history. The vertically hoisted national flag of Lithuania must feature the yellow stripe on the heraldic right with the green stripe in the middle and the red stripe on the left. Width and length ratio of the national flag is 3:5. The national flag of the Republic of Lithuania is a national emblem in the form of a piece of cloth consisting of three equal horizontal coloured stripes arranged with the yellow above, the green in the middle, and the red below. (The Law on the National Flag and other Flags).

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