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Bangladesh GaNa Praj�tantr� Bangladesh
In The Name Of The People
Last Updated 25th January, 2001 |
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Flag: Green with a large red circle a little to the hoist side of centre. Original flag had a golden map of Bangladesh in the red circle (see above and note it is the map I prefer). The flag has a ratio of 10:6 and the circle has a radius of one fifth of the length of the flag. Today many try to say that the green represents the green of Islam. This is even taught in schools and espoused by many western writers but is not true. The green has nothing to do with Islam but the green mother nature of Bangladesh. (The CIA world factbook 1997 has also made the same mistake!) The red represents the blood of the martyrs spilled in golden Bangla.
Population: 130 million Area: 143,998 sq. Km (56,160 sq mi) Capital: Dhaka (414 sq miles at present)
Language: Bangla (State Language), Other Languages (Click on link) Religion: 85% Muslim, 12% Hindu, 3% Buddhist, some Christians (mainly Roman Catholic). In antiquity Bangla (Bangladesh and West Bengal) was the original centre of Shiva Hindu and later cradle of Buddhism. National Martyrs day: February 21st, 1952 or 8th Falgun, 1358 Flag Raising: March 3rd, 1971 (Abdur Rab, University of Dhaka) 19th Falgun, 1377 Black Night: March 25th, 1971, 11th Choitro, 1377 Independence Day: March 26th 1971, 12th Choitro, 1377
UN accepted Bangladesh and her flag was hoisted only in September, 1974 due to repeated vetoes by China! Constitution: 4th November 1972, Effective 16th December, 1972, suspended 24th March, 1984 to 10 November, 1986 Form of Governmnent: Alternates between Presidential and Parliamentary democracy. Currently Parliamentary form and goes in and out of military takeovers. In ancient times, (prehistory - 300s AD) it was an egalitarian republic. Current Prime Minister: Begum Khaleda Zia (Head of Government) Current President: Iyazuddin Ahmed (Chief of State) Legal System: Based on English Common Law Currency: Taka and Poisha. 100 Poisha = 1 Taka (Earlier Ana was used in place of Poisha. 16 Anas = 1 Taka) Weight and Distance: The metric system is used, but previously a hexagecimal (16 base) system was used. Click for Bangla measurements. Bangla Calendar: Current Year: 1409. Click for Bangla Calendar. |
(List of Warcriminals) Time Line of Bangla (Ancient) Time Line of Bangla (1947-1971) (The other half of the same nation-- will they ever re-unite?) (Some of the greatest Bengali leaders are censored in Bangladesh. Click above to read some of the banned works.)
Bangla: Bangladesh and West Bengal
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