Bangladeshi volunteers today formed the world's largest national flag as the country commemorated its victory in the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
A total of 27,117 volunteers, mostly students, stood with arms raised holding red and green blocks to form the national flag of Bangladesh depicting a red disc on top of a green field, at the National Parade Ground here.
After a couple of short trials, the participants completed the flag formation at 1:30 pm.
The participants stood making the formation for 6 minutes and 16 seconds, though the requirement for setting a new world record was only 5 minutes, an officer of Guinness Records told the cheering crowd.
The organisers now await official acknowledgement by the Guinness Book of World Records for recognition of the feat.
The previous record was set by students in Pakistan last year during the Punjab Youth Festival.
