Bangladesh Scouts

The Bangladesh Scouts is the national Scouting organization of Bangladesh. Currently the Chief Scout of Bangladesh is Mohammed Shahabuddin who is also the President of Bangladesh. Despite Scouting being started in the subcontinent in 1910, Indian boys were barred from participating. In 1918, under the leadership of Mrs. Annie Besant, the Indian Scout Association started its journey. After the success of the association, the inclusion of Subcontinental boys was legalized and "The Bengal Boy Scout Association" was formed in 1920. During the Pakistani period of Bangladesh's history, Scouting was done jointly under the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association and stayed like that until the country's division in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Following its independence, the Bangladesh Boy Scout Association was officially formed in 1972. Bangladesh became an independent member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1974. The organization changed its name to "Bangladesh Scouts" in 1978. The organization has 2,261,351 members as of 2021.