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Preliminary   > Geography   >   Human geography   >   Human geography

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

Answer