Romanistan
Romanistan,RomastanorRomanestanis the name of a proposed country for theRomani people.[1]
Several times during the 1920s and 1930s, ideas of an autonomous Romani state within the USSR were raised. Such efforts were dropped by 1936-7.[2]In the early 1950s, Roma leaders petitioned theUnited Nationsfor the creation of their own state, but their petition was rejected.[1]Creation of such a state was also reportedly suggested by the leaders of Romani party inHungaryand party inNorth Macedoniaknown as theParty for the Complete Emancipation of Romain the early 1990s atŠuto Orizari.[3]
Given the origin of the Romani people inmedieval India,Romanistan has been envisaged as being within the borders of India.[4]
See also
[edit]- King of the Gypsies
- Black separatism,various movements that advocate for the establishment of a state for the Black diaspora
- Zionism,a movement that successfully advocated for the establishment of a state for the stateless and scattered Jews
References
[edit]- ^abJames Minahan (1996).Nations Without States: A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements.Greenwood Press. p. 464.ISBN978-0-313-28354-3.
- ^O'Keeffe, Brigid."The Roma homeland that never was".
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^Charles Vance; Yongsun Paik (2006).Managing a Global Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities in International Human Resource Management.M.E. Sharpe. p. 760.ISBN978-0-7656-2016-3.
- ^Mieder, Wolfgang; Scrase, David (2001).Reflections on the Holocaust: Festschrift for Raul Hilberg on His Seventy-fifth Birthday.Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. p. 232.ISBN978-0-9707237-4-1.
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