"We believe that if we can establish a non-communal state in East Bengal, then West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, which are currently ruled and oppressed by Hindi-speaking people, will one day be willing to join an independent Bangladesh."
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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman said this to Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury regarding the flag of independent Bengal, designed by the Bangladesh Revolutionary Council.
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