Greater Bangladesh
Greater Bangladesh (Bengali: বৃহত্তর বাংলাদেশ, romanized: Brihôttôr Bangladesh), or Greater Bengal (Bengali: বৃহত্তর বাংলা, romanized: Brihôttôr Bangla) is an irredentist ideology that wishes for Bangladesh to expand its territory to include the Indian states that currently has, or historically had, large populations of ethnic Bengali people. These include West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand to the west, Sikkim to the north, and the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland to the east.
Quotes
[edit]- We believe that if we can establish a non-communal state in East Bengal, then West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, which are currently ruled and oppressed by Hindi-speaking people, will one day be willing to join an independent Bangladesh.
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman said this to Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury regarding the flag of independent Bengal, designed by the Bangladesh Revolutionary Council.[1]
- East Bengal and West Bengal share the same culture, the same history, and the same heritage. We cannot be kept apart.
- Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq's speech at a public gathering in Kolkata, 1954. [2]
- Assam is mine, West Bengal is mine, Tripura is also mine. Until we reclaim these from India's grasp, Bangladesh's independence and map will remain incomplete."
- Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani made this declaration in the weekly Haq Katha newspaper, published on February 25, 1972.[3]
- I would like to thank Bangladesh for providing shelters to thousands of Rohingyas. I want to reiterate that if Myanmar government is reluctant to establish good governance to save its Rohingya community, if they do not want to provide security to the Rohingya people living at the northern parts of Rakhine state or unable to do so then the Rohingya majority area of the State should incorporate with Bangladesh. And US should support to annex Rakhine to Bangladesh that is also a demand for the people of the area. Rohingyas want to stay with such a government who will work cordially to save them instead of killing.
- Brad Sherman, during a budget hearing, 13 June 2019. [4][5][6]
