
Romanistan, Romastan or Romanestan is the name of a proposed country for the
Romani people.
In the early 1950s, Roma leaders petitioned the
United Nations for the creation of their own state, but their petition was rejected.
Creation of such a state was also reportedly suggested by the leaders of Romani party in North Macedonia known as the
Party for the Complete Emancipation of Roma
The Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia ( mk, Партија за целосна еманципација на Ромите од Македонија, ''Partija za Celosna Emancipacija na Romite od Makedonija'', PCERM) is a po ...
in the early 1990s at
Šuto Orizari.
Given the origin of the Romani people in
medieval India, Romanistan has been envisaged as being within the borders of India.
See also
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King of the Gypsies
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Zionism, a successful movement that advocated for the establishment of a Jewish state (
Israel)
References
Romani
Proposed countries
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