Hello fellow Steemians and welcome to my review of the Bangladeshi flag! This is the 14th flag that I will be covering in my series to cover most of the flags of the world! This flag is pretty similar to another, way more popular Asian flag, but trust me that is all they have in common!
Today's Flag is the Flag of Bangladesh!
The flag of Bangladesh is pretty simple, it consist of a green background with a red disc on top of it, the red disc is slightly shifted towards the hoist side of the flag (left side). The flag was adopted during the Bangladeshi liberation war on the 17th of January, 1972. The flag was designed by a group of students from Dhaka University (Dhaka is Bangladesh's capital). The original flag was made from scraps of clothes that where donated by a store from the Dhaka Market.
Meanings
The green color stands for the lush vegetation that covers all of Bangladesh and its also used to represent Islam, the majority religion of the country.
The red color represent the sun rising over Bengal (i lied, they do have a lot in common don't they?) and the blood of those who died fighting for the independence of Bangladesh and the sacrifices of the martyrs who struggled in the war.
Other Flags!
Bangladesh is a relatively new country, so it really has not had many flags in its short story but there are some worth mentioning.
This was the original flag of Bangladesh, it added the borders of the country in golden to the middle of the red circle, but since the flags where made by hand during the war, they all looked different because it was pretty hard to sew the borders on the country, so they decided to just remove it! (just remove it! problem gone! I wish life was as easy as that!)
Facts
Bangladesh has some of the most fertile land in the world, thanks to this most of the people in the country are farmers.
The legacy of British colonization still remains in the country, Cricket is the most popular sport all around in the country!
The left hand in Bangladesh is considered dirty so they usually only use their right hands for shaking hands, eating or handing things to other people.
Location
Bangladesh is located in south Asia in the Indian Sub-Continent.
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The image depicting the location of the country was taken from the country's Wikipedia page.