Hindu Republic of Bangabhumi was proclaimed in 2003 in Kolkata with the
formation of the provisional government and the Supreme Council and the threat
of armed struggle inside Bangladesh to achieve its goal of the homeland for
Hindu minority there. The total area of proposed Bangabhumi comes to 20,000
sq.mi which is more than 1/3 of the total area of Bangladesh. The border of Bangabumi runs in the north along
River
Padma, in the east along river Meghna, in the west along India-Bangladesh border
and in the south
along the Bay of Bengal.
The flag of the proposed Bangabhumi state comprises of one third green color and
two third of saffron color. In the middle of the saffron part is a white disc
symbolizing the sun. I guess the similarity to the Bangladeshi flag is
intentional. Although the meaning is not explained, one can assume the green
part would represent the Muslim minority in otherwise Hindu state, something
like the Pakistani flag does with
their minorities. The National Emblem is depicted by the green circle in
another, saffron colored circle with word "Shri" (symbol of beauty and
prosperity) written in the saffron circle. The National Anthem is a song of poet
Dijendra Lal Roy: "Dhana Dhanye Pushpe Bhara, Arnader Ei Basundhara" ("This land
of ours filled with crops and flowers").
I did find another, vague description of Bangabhumi flag which contradicts the
account cited. It says the flag bears picture of symbolic weapons on a saffron
background, and "national seal" is? the "picture of weapons of the Hindu God".
The description of the flag of Bangabhumi is contained in the scholarly article
written by Mohammad Zainal Abedin, a respected Bangladeshi researcher and
journalist in 2005, and available at
http://world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/23261.
zachary harden
![[Flag of Hindu Republic of Bangabhumi]](../images/b/bd_banga.gif)
image by
Chrystian Kretowicz, 28 April 2008