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The Bill was passed as the Indian Red Cross Society Act, 1920 on 17 March 1920, and became Parliament Act XV of 1920 with the assent of the Governor General on the 20 March 1920. [3] On 7 June 1920 fifty members were formally nominated to constitute the Indian Red Cross Society from members of the Indian branch of the Joint War Committee. [3]
The Red Cross symbol. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia, a Swiss surgeon, and Swiss General Henri Dufour, founding members of the International Committee.
An inverted Red Triangle is the symbol for family planning health and contraception services, much as the red cross is a symbol for medical services. [1] It was first introduced by Frank Wilder in December 1968 for use throughout the Global South . [ 1 ]
The German Red Cross (DRK) was founded in 1921, bringing together various independent Red Cross associations that had previously operated autonomously within the German states. These regional branches trace their origins back to the former independent members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
St. John Ambulance India is the first aid, ambulance and nursing wing of the Indian Red Cross Society.It arose as the local Indian branch of the international St. John Ambulance movement headquartered in the United Kingdom, but in the years since Indian independence it has severed official links with the Order of St John.
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This logo's trademark remains active. [8] Prior to the use of the Star of Life, ambulances in the United States commonly displayed a safety orange-colored cross on a square background. This was only a slight variation from the inverted Swiss flag ( ) used by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.