New Delhi, Oct 19, 2025

Chittagong Hill Tracts or Parbotto Chattogram, comprising three districts — Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban — is home to Bangladesh’s indigenous population comprising 11 tribes, collectively known as the Jumma. 99 per cent of this indigenous population belongs to minority identities—both religious as well as ethnic, thus, a significant contributor to Bangladesh’s diverse population.

However, since the Partition of India, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) that came under East Pakistan became subjected to widespread discrimination and violence, because of the policy of assimilation, leading to settlement of outsiders, that is, the ethnic Bengalis, coupled with the displacement of indigenous people under the pretext of development projects.

The once enjoyed special

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