Bangabhumi

Hindu Republic of Bangabhumi
হিন্দু প্রজাতন্ত্রী বঙ্গভূমি (Hindu Prajātantrī Baṅgabhūmi)
Leader	Kalidas Baidya (1973-2006)
Dates of operation	1973–2006
Active regions	India
Ideology	Hindu nationalism Separatism
Allies	India (denied by India)
Opponents	Bangladesh  Pakistan

Bangabhumi (Bengali: বঙ্গভূমি, meaning the land of Vanga, also spelt Bongobhumi) is a separatist movement to create a Bengali Hindu country for Bangladeshi Hindus in southwestern Bangladesh by partitioning, envisioned by Banga Sena. Banga Sena (English: Vanga Army) is a separatist^[1] Hindu organization which advocates formation of Bangabhumi for Bengali Hindus in Bangladesh.^[2] The group is led by Kalidas Baidya.^[1]

The movement was founded in 1973 in India soon after the independence of Bangladesh to support the Hindu refugees from Bangladesh, who were targeted by the Pakistan Army in the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities. However, this movement did not receive much support at that time. In an interview with BBC News in 2001, Chittaranjan Sutar, one of the alleged organisers of the movement, denied supporting the creation of a new nation.^[3] As of 2025, both groups seem to have gone defunct. Unrelated movements with the same name popped up in West Bengal and neighboring states in India. However, no proposal gained much traction.^[4]