The Chakma people,are an ethnic group from the eastern-most regions of the Indian subcontinent. They are the largest ethnic group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of southeastern Bangladesh,and the second-largest in Mizoram,India. Significant Chakma populations are found in the northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh,Tripura and Assam.
Raja Tridiv Roy sometimes spelled Tridev Roy,was a Pakistani politician,diplomat and writer who was the Minister of the Minority Affairs in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto cabinet. He was also the 50th Raja/King of the Chakma tribe in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of present-day Bangladesh from 2 May 1953,until his abdication in 1971 following the Bangladesh Liberation War. He chose to remain a Pakistani when Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971. He became known as a writer,diplomat,Buddhist religious leader and politician in Pakistan.
Buddhism is the third-largest religious affiliation and formed about 0.63% of the population of Bangladesh. It is said that Buddha once in his life came to this region of East Bengal to spread his teachings and he was successful in converting the local people to Buddhism,specially in the Chittagong division and later on Pala empire propagate and patronized Buddhist religion throughout the Bengal territory. About 1 million people in Bangladesh adhere to the Theravada school of Buddhism. Over 65% of the Buddhist population is concentrated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region,where it is the predominant faith of the Rakhine,Chakma,Marma,Tanchangya,other Jumma people and the Barua. The remaining 35% are Bengali Buddhists. Buddhist communities are present in the urban centers of Bangladesh,particularly Chittagong and Dhaka.
The Shanti Bahini was the armed wing of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti in Bangladesh. It is considered an insurgent group in Bangladesh. The Shanti Bahini was made out of mostly members from the Chakma tribe.
The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti is a political party formed to represent the people and indigenous tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. Since its inception in 1972,the PCJSS has fought for autonomy and the recognition of the ethnic identity and rights of the indigenous tribes of the Hill Tracts. Its military arm,the Shanti Bahini was used to fight government forces and Bengali settlers in the Hill Tracts. A peace accord was signed in 1997 led to the disarmament of the Shanti Bahini and enabled the PCJSS to return to mainstream politics.
Rangamati is the administrative headquarter and town of Rangamati Hill District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The town is located at 22°37'60N 92°12'0E and has an altitude of 14 metres (46 ft). It is also where Ropuiliani,a Mizo chieftess,was jailed and died,during the British rule in Mizoram.
Chakma is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Chakma and Daingnet people. The language has common features with other languages in the region like the Chittagonian,Tanchangya,Arakanese and others. It is spoken by around 380,000 people. 150,000 of these are in southeast Bangladesh,primarily the Chittagong Hill Tracts,and another 230,000 in India,including 97,000 in Mizoram,Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. It is written using the Chakma script,but literacy in this script is low.
Manabendra Narayan Larma,also known as M.N. Larma,was a Jumma Chakma politician and member of parliament of Bangladesh. A leading proponent of the rights of the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts,he was the founding leader of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti and its armed wing,the Shanti Bahini.
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord was a peace agreement signed between the Government of Bangladesh and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti,the political organisation that controlled the Shanti Bahini militia on 2 December 1997. The accord allowed for the recognition of the rights of the peoples and tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region and ended the decades-long insurgency between the Shanti Bahini and government forces.
Charu Bikash Chakma is a Bangladeshi Chakma politician who was one of the senior leaders of the political movement of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and co-founder of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti. He was an Awami League candidate in the 1970 Pakistani general election but lost to Manabendra Narayan Larma,his close friend. He met the government of independent Bangladesh in December 1971 in a failed bid to secure constitutional safeguards for indigenous people of Bangladesh. He was a leader of the Chakma Jubak Samity.
The Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict was a political and armed conflict between the government of Bangladesh and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti and its armed wing,the Shanti Bahini,over the issue of autonomy and the land rights of Jumma people,mainly for Chakma people and the other indigenous of Chittagong Hill Tracts. Shanti Bahini launched an insurgency against government forces in 1977,when the country was under military rule,and the conflict continued for twenty years until the government and the PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997.
Devasish Roy is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He is the titular Raja of the Chakma Circle,Bangladesh's largest indigenous community,and was a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from 2014 to 2016.
Rangamati Medical College (RmMC) is a public medical school located in Rangamati,Bangladesh. The college is established in 2014. It admits 51 students every year. It offers 5 years course on Bachelor of Medicine &Bachelor of Surgery which is directed under Chittagong Medical University.
Raja Harish Chandra Rai was the 47th Raja of the Chakma Circle.
Bengali Buddhists are a religious subgroup of the Bengalis who adhere to or practice the religion of Buddhism. Bengali Buddhist people mainly live in Bangladesh and Indian states West Bengal and Tripura.
The Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh was the constituent assembly of Bangladesh. It was the country's provisional parliament between 1971 and 1973. In 1972,it drafted and adopted the Constitution of Bangladesh. The assembly was dominated by the Awami League,with a minority being independent lawmakers.
Rangamati Science and Technology University is a public university located in Rangamati,Bangladesh,commonly known as RMSTU. It has faced vocal opposition from local groups such as Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) because they believe that students,staff,and faculty would come predominantly from outside the Chittagong Hill Tracts,and their settlement in Rangamati would change the character of the region. The first batch of 75 students began classes in November 2015,at a temporary campus set up at Tabalchharhi Shah High School.
Chakma or Changma is an Indian and Bangladeshi surname that may refer to
Mong Prue Sain was the king of the Mong Circle,one of three circles;the others being the Chakma Circle and the Bohmong Circle. He was a member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League,the one-party government of Bangladesh created by the Awami League,and governor of Khagrachari District.
Birendra Kishore Roaza was a Tripuri social activist and politician who represented Chittagong Hill Tracts in the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He was the first Jumma member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.
