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Bangabhumi (meaning the land of Vanga) was an organisation that aimed to create a Bengali Hindu country for Bangladeshi Hindus in southwestern Bangladesh, envisioned by the Banga Sena (), a separatist Hindu organisation. The group was led by Kalidas Baidya.

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Bangabhumi (meaning the land of Vanga) was an organisation that aimed to create a Bengali Hindu country for Bangladeshi Hindus in southwestern Bangladesh, envisioned by the Banga Sena (), a separatist Hindu organisation. The group was 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.

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