Chakmas
2022 JUL 5
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Why in news?
- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Deputy Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district to submit its Action Taken Report (ATR) on a complaint alleging harassment and false prosecution of some Chakma villagers.
About Chakmas:
- Chakmas are known to be a tribe of South-East Asia. They have first migrated to Arakan Hill of Myanmar and then Chittagong Hill tracts.
- A major part of them however migrated to Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh in course of time from their original home land.
- Displaced by the Kaptai dam on the Karnaphuli River in the 1960s, they sought asylum in India.
- They settled in relief camps in the southern and south-eastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh from 1964 to 1969.
- Mizoram, Assam and Tripura also have significant Chakma populations.
- Most Chakma people are adherents of Theravada Buddhism
PRACTICE QUESTION
Chakmas, a tribal group recently seen in news, are predominately found in:
(a) Ladakh
(b) Central India
(c) Andaman
(d) North East India
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