Flag of Bangladesh
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.
Flag Ratio: 3:5
The first flag of an Independent Bangladesh with the country map that does not exist in the current flag.
Origin of the flag of Bangladesh
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.
Other specifications
The original flag was designed by a painter Quamrul Hasan. 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 Islamic thinking. It was used by the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War and was replaced by the current flag in 1972.
