Nikhil Banga Nagarik Sangha

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The Nikhil Banga Nagarik Sangha (Bengali: নিখিল বঙ্গ নাগরিক সংঘ Nikhil Bônggo Nagorik Shônggho "All Bengal Citizens Association") is a political organisation of Bangladeshi refugees in India that works to achieve the resettlement of the refugees in India and fight persecution against Hindus in Bangladesh.

The organisation gained notoriety in its attempts to disrupt the inauguration of the Maitreyi Express on April 14, 2008, which will provide train services between the Indian city of Kolkata and Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.^[1] The organisation condemned the train service and the Indian government's effort to develop close links with Bangladesh. Police blamed the group for planting three bombs on the route on Sunday. The bombs were defused and scores of the group's supporters were arrested while demonstrating near the tracks.^[1] The train was also stopped briefly by Sangha activists and protesters demanding the rehabilitation of Bangladeshi refugees.^{[1] [2]}