Bangshi Badan Barman

Bangshi Badan Barman is an Indian politician. A leading figure in the 'Greater Cooch Behar' movement, Barman is currently jailed after a 2005 riot.

Barman finished a Bengali Honours degree at Dinhata College in 1992. During his student days he was a members of the Students Federation of India.

In 1998 the Greater Cooch Behar People's Association (GCPA), an organisation striving to create a separate 'Greater Cooch Behar' state out of areas presently part of the state of West Bengal, was formed.

Barman was arrested following riots in Cooch Behar on 20 September 2005. Five people, three policemen (including an additional superintendent of police) and two pro-Greater Cooch Behar supporters, were killed in the clashes on that day. GCPA was holding protests in the city, erecting barricades.

When the GCPA was split in 2006, Barman sided with the break-away Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party.

In April 2009, a bail pray for Barman was rejected by the Calcutta High Court. He filed his candidature as an independent. In the end, Barman obtained 37,226 votes (3.3% of the votes in the constituency).