The official state flag of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was adopted in January 1972 shortly after the end of the bloody war of independence.
Description and proportions of the flag of Bangladesh
The Bangladesh flag is a rectangular cloth, traditional for most states. Its length and width are related to each other in a 5: 3 ratio.
The Bangladesh flag field is painted in dark green. There is a large red disc on the flag. The disc image is equally spaced from the upper and lower edges of the flag and is somewhat offset to the pole from the free edge. The length of the radius of the red circle on the Bangladesh flag is one-fifth of the length of the flag. The flag is used for various purposes on land.
The green field of the Bangladesh flag symbolizes both Islam, the religion of the majority of the country's inhabitants, and the mighty vegetation of the country, which is one of the greenest in the world. The red disc on the banner is a stylized image of the rising sun, reminding residents of independence and free development.
The Air Force of the People's Republic of Bangladesh uses a slightly different banner. On the blue background of the rectangular flag, the image of the national flag of the country is applied in the upper quarter at the flagpole. In the lower right quarter, there is a red disc framed by a green ring.
The trade flag of Bangladesh is also different from the state one. It has a bright red field, the upper quarter of which, adjacent to the shaft, contains the image of the state symbol of Bangladesh. This flag is also used by citizens on private ships.
The Bangladesh Navy flag is a white rectangle with the national flag on the top left side.
History of the flag of Bangladesh
Originally, the flag of Bangladesh in a red disc had an image of the country outline in gold. So the flag emphasized the sovereignty of the state, which was obtained only as a result of a difficult armed confrontation with Pakistan.
Later, the outline of the state was removed from the flag, since it was not easy to reproduce them both on the front and back sides of the cloth. The author of the idea of the Bangladesh flag, Kuamral Hassan, was not opposed to such a practical solution.
In 2013, more than 27 thousand volunteers created the huge Bangladesh flag and entered the Book of Records as the authors of the largest “living” flag in the world at that time.
