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![[Flag of Bodoland]](../images/i/in-bodo.gif) image by 
Jakub Grombír
 
image by 
Jakub GrombírThe flag of Bodoland, an aspirant people of India, 
requesting independence (see
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/ndfb.htm). The flag is 
green with a red circle in the upper left corner, bearing a five-pointed golden 
star. Bodos are of Tibetan origin and live in northeast India (Assam and 
Arunachal Pradesh).
Jakub Grombír, 18 February 2005
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![[Flag of National Democratic Front of Bodoland]](../images/i/in-ndfb.gif) image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 April 2006
 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 April 2006
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was founded in 1986. It is 
  led by president Ranjan Daimary. The front has a cadre strength of estimated 
  3500 fighters and is struggling for an independent Bodoland in districts north 
  of the River Brahmaputra. It was banned by Indian government under "Prevention 
  of Unlawful Activities Act of 1967". Its area of oparation are the towns and 
  districts of Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Darrang district, 
  Sonitpur(?), Kamrup district and Nalbari district.
  
  Source: Outlook //20th October 2003 // Indian weekly in English Language, page 
  42-43
  
  Description of the flag:
  The flag is a yellow over red bicolor of unknown ratio. At the fly end of the 
  red field there are two white crossed objects, but I have no idea whether they 
  are weapons or tools or sacred objects.
  
  Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 October 2005