Chittagong Hill Tracts Discussion

[junkviper]

According to the 1981 census the religious orientation and the numbers of the Jummas were as following.

POPULATION AND RELIGION OF THE JUMMA PEOPLE

Nationality Religion Population
Chakmas Buddhist 350,000
Marmas Buddhist 140,000
Tripuras Hindu 60,000
Mros Animist 5,000
Tanchangyas Buddhist ?
Ryangs Animist ?
Khumis Animist/Buddhist ?
Chaks Buddhist ?
Murungs Animist 35,000
Khyangs Buddhist/Christian
Bunjugis Christian
Pankhus Christian
Lushais Christian

Total = 590,000



According to the 1991 census, the total population of the CHT is 974,465. Of them 501,145 (i.e. 51%) are Jumma people and the rest 473,300 (i.e. 49%) are Bangladeshi people. It's notable that 70,000 Jumma refugees who were in Tripura state of India in 1986-1998 were not included in this census. There was sharp increase of the number of the Bangladeshis between since 1971 due the government's sponsored migration program, while the Jumma population remained standstill due to persecution and lack of security of their lives

[junkviper]

According to the 1981 census the religious orientation and the numbers of the Jummas were as following.

POPULATION AND RELIGION OF THE JUMMA PEOPLE

Nationality Religion Population
Chakmas Buddhist 350,000
Marmas Buddhist 140,000
Tripuras Hindu 60,000
Mros Animist 5,000
Tanchangyas Buddhist ?
Ryangs Animist ?
Khumis Animist/Buddhist ?
Chaks Buddhist ?
Murungs Animist 35,000
Khyangs Buddhist/Christian
Bunjugis Christian
Pankhus Christian
Lushais Christian

Total = 590,000



According to the 1991 census, the total population of the CHT is 974,465. Of them 501,145 (i.e. 51%) are Jumma people and the rest 473,300 (i.e. 49%) are Bangladeshi people. It's notable that 70,000 Jumma refugees who were in Tripura state of India in 1986-1998 were not included in this census. There was sharp increase of the number of the Bangladeshis between since 1971 due the government's sponsored migration program, while the Jumma population remained standstill due to persecution and lack of security of their lives.

Source:

1. The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Militarization, Oppression and Hill Tribes, Anti Slavery International, 1984

[oYn]

jumma peoplae abar kara?

[junkviper]

english medium?

Pahare je process e cultivation hoi sheta holo: JUM

To jar Jum chash kore...tader ki bole?

JUMMA ra holo aborigines of the hilly area.

[Force_Recon]

one of the tribes I think.

when they say the peace accords be implemented what do they want?

removal of all army units
removal of all Bengalis
removal of Bangladesh authority(that is police judicial courts,BDR)
prevention of extraction of natural resources
take away the Kaptai reservoir

???

we already lost the Talpatti Islands.eitar por dekhben Island of ST.Martin chole gese.

The Bangladeshi Government argues that the reason it does not accept that minorities live in the country is
because everyone is equal under the law to move around.

Human Rights in Bangladesh

^see that's my point.

[junkviper]

answerin some part:
The root causes of the conflict in the CHT r the presence of BDsettlers and population migration (both voluntary and sponsored) from the mainland BD. Their is no provision in the treaty to expell the Bangladeshi settlers from the CHT. Neither it imposes restriction on the migration of Bangladeshis to the CHT.
One argument put by the right wing people and u Hav also mentioned is that any citizen of Bangladesh has the right to move and settle freely into any part of the country.

India, Pakistan and many other countries have the law of restriction of migration into the minority inhabited regions. For example people from the mainland India can't settle into the Muslim majority state of Kashmir, or Arunachal Pradesh, or Mizoram because of their distinct religious and cultural backgrounds. If India had used the same argument it could have flooded Kashmir with migrants from the mainland and alter the demographic profile into a Hindu majority state.
For any treaty to succeed there need to be good will and trust from the both sides.

[Force_Recon]

Indians do settle in Kashmir.I think 35 % of the Kashmiri population are Hindus.

[Severus]

kashmir never had 100% muslim population, the hindu population there was always somewhat like that

[Force_Recon]

oh I thought it was 80%-90% Muslim in Kashmir.
does the CHT peace terms include the full autonomy of the CHT?
that's 3 districts we will lose if we lose this "war".

[junkviper]

no ......there is no option for autonomy.