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A total of 27,117 volunteers, mostly students, reproduce an emblem of the national flag by standing up with red and green paper blocks in their hands in special formations at the National Parade Ground in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital. Bangladesh celebrates the 43rd Victory Day paying rich tributes to the three million martyrs for their supreme sacrifice for the country and with a renewed call for executing all the verdicts against war criminals.

Guinness World Record authorities have officially certified Bangladesh’s human flag record of 27,117 people on 16 December 2013 as the world’s largest human national flag.

The record has also been officially posted on the Guinness World Record website.

Robi Axiata Limited, in partnership with the Bangladesh Army, shattered the Guinness World Record for Bangladesh with the creation of the world’s largest human national flag using 27,117 people. The attempt was undertaken on Victory Day, 16 December 2013, at the National Parade Ground, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar.

Volunteers from the Bangladesh Army, school children, and the general population, comprising mostly of the youth and enthusiastic professionals, were brought together in an attempt to break the previous record held by Pakistan. The Bangladesh national flag was created with red and green placards, which were held above the heads of the participants. The world record required participants to hold their position for five minutes, but Bangladesh’s largest human national flag was depicted for a total of six minutes and 14 seconds.

The previous record for the largest human national flag was created in Pakistan, on 21 October 2012, with 24,200 participants attending the Punjab Youth Festival at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.