Bangladesh

Bangladesh
Adopted	January 17, 1972
Designed by	Quamrul Hasan
Proportions	3:5

The flag of Bangladesh is a green background with a red disc. The red disc is off-centered to the left so that it would appear to be centered when flying.

Symbolism

The green base color of the Bangladesh flag symbolizes the greenery of Bangladesh with its vitality and youthfulness. The red circle represents the rising sun and blood as well as the sacrifices that the Bangladesh people made in order to gain independence.

History

The red color has been associated with Bengals since the Bengal Sultanate. The green color has been associated with Islam and the flag of Pakistan, which Bangladesh has been a part of.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Mukti Bahini ("freedom fighters") used a flag similar to the final flag of Bangladesh.

The flag designed by Quamrul Hasan in 1971 had the shape of Bangladesh inside the red disc, in yellow. There were difficulties, however, in getting the map correct on both sides, so the map was dropped, leaving the present day flag in 1972.

Bengal Sultanate (1352–1576)

Bengal Subah (1757)

Mukti Bahini (1971)

Bangladesh
(1971-1972)

Bangladesh
(since 1972)

Other flags

For more, see List of Bangladeshi flags on Wikipedia.

President

Prime Minister

Both the flags of the president and the prime minister, are maroon backgrounds with their respective emblems slapped in the middle. The only difference between them is the gold Indian text under the Bangladeshi emblem.

The similar format would be followed after the standard of the chief adviser was introduced in 1996. The standard would later be abolished in 2008.

The flag of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, is a tricolor of red, dark and light blue, with the armed forces' emblem in the center. The emblem consists of a circle divided into three parts, which are separated by gold fimbriations. Each of the three parts have different colors and contain different crests (red with the army's insignia, dark blue with the navy's crest, and light blue with the crest of the air force).

The flag of the Bangladesh Army itself, is a field of green with the army's insignia in the center. The insignia consists of a gold white lily on top of two crossed gold swords.

The civil, naval, air force, and coast guard ensigns have the national flag of Bangladesh in the canton, in fields of red, white, sky blue and light blue, respectively. The air force has the country's roundel in the lower corner.

Civil Ensign

Naval Ensign

Air Force Ensign

Coast Guard Ensign

Flag Colors

Color	Color Name	HEX RGB	Color of
	Bangladesh Green	#006a4e	Background
	Imperial Red	#f42a41	Circle

Trivia

The flag is similar to the flag of Japan, with Japan's flag having the same red disc, but with a white background; and it is also similar to the flag of Palau that also features an off-centered disk (yellow upon sky-blue field).