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The Chakma people or Changhma people,are an ethnic group from the eastern-most regions of the Indian subcontinent and Western Myanmar. They are the second largest ethnic group of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of southeastern Bangladesh,and the largest in the Chakma Autonomous District Council of Mizoram,India. Significant Chakma populations are found in the northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh,Tripura and Assam.
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.
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board is a government agency established in 1978 by the then President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman in response to the rise of the Shanti Bahini insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Eastern Bangladesh. As of 2021,Supradip Chakma is the chairman of this development board.
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The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for Chittagong Hill Tracts. The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been inhabited by various ethnic groups and non-tribal people for ages. While the non-Bengali ethnic groups possess cultural distinctiveness,they are also an integral part of the original population. Since independence,the government of Bangladesh has been adopting and implementing various development projects for the overall development of the region. An agreement was executed on December 2,1997 between the National Committee for Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Chittagong Hill Tracts People's Association. According to the terms of the agreement,the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs was formed on July 15,1998.
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Bhushanchhara massacre was a massacre of Bengali settlers in Bhushanchhora union of Rangamati District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It was committed by the Shanti Bahini,the armed wing of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti on 31st of May,1984.
The United People's Democratic Front (Democratic) (abbreviated asUPDF-D;Bengali:ইউনাইটেডপিপলসডেমোক্রেটিকফ্রন্ট(গণতান্ত্রিক)),also referred to as the United People's Democratic Front (Ganatantrik) or the UPDF-Ganatantrik,is a regional political party based in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Chittagong,Bangladesh. It claims that it wants to seek autonomy for the Chittagong Hill Tracts through democratic and peaceful means.
The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (MN Larma) (Bengali:পার্বত্যচট্টগ্রামজনসংহতিসমিতি(এমএনলারমা);United People's Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (MN Larma);abbreviated PCJSS-MN Larma),also known as the Jana Samhati Samiti (MN Larma) and JSS-MN Larma,is a regional political party in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Chittagong,Bangladesh. PCJSS-MN Larma is named after M. N. Larma,the founding leader of the PCJSS. Whilst the PCJSS demands the full implementation of the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord,the PCJSS-MN Larma still demands autonomy for the Chittagong Hill Tracts. They are allegedly allied to the United People's Democratic Front (Democratic).
Operation Dabanal,translation Operation Wildfire,was a counterinsurgency operation carried out by Bangladesh Army in the Chittagong Hill Tracts from 1977 to 1997. During the operation an estimated 30 to 80 security personnel were deployed to the region.
Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs of Bangladesh is minister in charge of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs,Government of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.
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Two out of six members of the minority community elected in the eighth parliament also made their way into the cabinet ... Moni swapan dewan, a buddhist from Southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts was inducted as deputy minister
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