Chakmas and Hajongs

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Recently, The Committee for Citizenship Rights of Chakmas and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh (CCRCHAP) stated that Chakmas and Hajongs will not cooperate with any census being taken on them. 

The Chakmas and Hajongs

• The Chakmas and Hajongs, originally residents of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of former East Pakistan, had to flee when their land was submerged by the Kaptai dam project in the 1960s. 
• Buddhists by faith, the Chakmas faced religious persecution in East Pakistan along with the Hajongs, who were Hindus.

• They were settled in North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), present in Arunachal Pradesh. 

• The migrants were settled with a rehabilitation plan and allotted permanent land and provided with financial assistance depending on the size of their families to help rebuild their lives. 

  • As per the 2011 census, there are 47,471 Chakmas and Hajongs in Arunachal Pradesh.

Source: ET