Flag Ratio: 3:5

The national flag of Bangladesh was adopted officially on January 17, 1972. It is based on a similar flag used during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. This flag depicted a map of Bangladesh over a red sun. The map was later deleted from the flag, most likely to simplify the design. The current flag resembles the flag of Japan, except that it has a green field instead of a white one. A red disc is on top of the green field, offset slightly toward the hoist so that it appears centered when the flag is flying. The red disc represents the sun rising over Bengal, and also the blood of those who died for the independence of Bangladesh. The green field stands for the lushness of the land of Bangladesh. Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ... FIAV usage code 56 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of France Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Nepal Flag of Burkina Faso Flag of Poland Flag of the Vatican City Flag of Australia Solomon Islands Flag of Chad Flag of... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... The Bangladesh Liberation War (two other names are also used occasionally) refers to an armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that lasted for roughly nine months, from 26 March until 16 December 1971. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Japan, known as Nisshōki (日章旗) or Hinomaru (日の丸 sun disc) in Japanese, is a base white flag with a large red disc (representing the rising sun) in the center. ... Green is any of a number of similar colors. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ...

Origin

The first flag of an Independent Bangladesh with the country map that does not exist in the current flag.

The original flag was designed by painter Quamrul Hassan. On the 3 March, 1971, the initial version of the flag was hoisted in Bangladesh for the first time at the Dhaka University. On the declaration of Independence on March 23, 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman flew the flag in his residence. The flag was conceived so as to exclude the crescent and the star considered as symbols of West Pakistan's Islamist thinking. It was used by the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War and was replaced by the current flag in 1972. One reason that the map was dropped from the flag was the difficulty in rendering the map correctly on both sides of the flag. Image File history File links The 1971 flag used during the Bangladesh Liberation War. ... Image File history File links The 1971 flag used during the Bangladesh Liberation War. ... Quamrul Hassan (Bangla: কামরুল হাসান) (1921-1988) was a Bangladeshi artist. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... The University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( 1920 - August 15, 1975), born in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, was a Bengali nationalist leader in East Pakistan and first Prime Minister and President of independent Bangladesh. ... An astronomically correct crescent shape (in blue). ... Independent (as part of Pakistan) from British Empire - August 14, 1947 Separated from East Pakistan as Pakistan - March 26, 1971 Capital Karachi Language Urdu, English West Pakistan consisted of the western part of Pakistan from 1947 until 1971, when East Pakistan became Bangladesh and West Pakistan became the present-day... Liberation War commemoration poster Mukti Bahini (Bangla: মুক্তি বাহিনী) (Liberation Army), was a guerrilla force which fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. ... The Bangladesh Liberation War (two other names are also used occasionally) refers to an armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that lasted for roughly nine months, from 26 March until 16 December 1971. ...

Official Specifications

According to Bangladesh Government specifications, following is the specification of the national flag:

• The flag will be in bottle green and rectangular in size in the proportion of 10:6, with a red circle in the middle.
• The red circle will have a radius of one-fifth of the length of the flag. Its centre will be placed on the intersecting point of the perpendicular drawn from the nine-twentieth part of the length of the flag, and the horizontal line drawn through the middle of its width.
• The green base of the flag will be of Procion Brilliant Green H-2RS 50 parts per 1000. The red circular part will be of Procion Brilliant Orange H-2RS 60 parts per 1000.
• Depending on the size of the building the flag sizes will be 10´ x 6´; 5´ x 3´; 2½´ x 1½´. The size of the flag for car is 12½" x 7 ½", and the size of the table flag for bilateral conferences is 10" x 6".

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External link

• Bangladesh at Flags of the World
• Banglapedia entry on National Flag