GuerrillasĪttacked government forces and the Bangladeshi Army responded withĪttacks on civilian tribal peoples. Try to win independence for the Chittagong Hill Tracts. (Peace Force) began to stage violent attacks against the government to The Bangladesh government as they had from Pakistan. East Pakistan thenīecame the nation of Bangladesh. Successfully to win independence from West Pakistan.
Pakistan's two regions were known as East Pakistan (where theĬhakma lived) and West Pakistan. They saw themselves moreĬulturally similar to the Hindu peoples of India than the Muslims of People, mostly Chakma, are primarily Buddhist. The people who lived in theĬhittagong Hill Tracts region expected to become part of India. When the British were driven from India in 1947, the land was divided Their name wasįirst used by British census-takers to describe certain hill people.
Chakma is the name of the largest tribe found in the hilly area ofĮastern Bangladesh known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
