Bangabhumi

Bangabhumi (Bengali: বঙ্গভূমি, meaning the land of Vanga, also spelt Bongobhumi) was an organization that aimed 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 Hindu organization which advocates formation of Bangabhumi for Bengali Hindus in Bangladesh. The group is led by Kalidas Baidya.

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. 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.