Romanistan, Romastan or Romanestan is the name of a proposed country for the

Romani people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...

. In the early 1950s, Roma leaders petitioned the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

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 in the early 1990s at

Šuto Orizari Šuto Orizari ( mk, , Balkan Romani: ''Shuto Orizari''), often shortened as ''Šutka'' ( mk, Шутка, sq, Shutkë), is a neighbourhood in the City of Skopje, North Macedonia, and the seat of Šuto Orizari Municipality. It is often regarded ...

. Given the origin of the Romani people in

medieval India Medieval India refers to a long period of Post-classical history of the Indian subcontinent between the "ancient period" and "modern period". It is usually regarded as running approximately from the breakup of the Gupta Empire in the 6th cen ...

, Romanistan has been envisaged as being within the borders of India.

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Romani Proposed countries {{Roma-stub

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