Paritosh Chakma denies issuing press statement against Mizoram govt

via Mizo News on June 20, 2014 Mizoram Chakma Development Forum (MCDF) Aizawl: Former Mizoram Chakma Development Forum (MCDF) leader Paritosh Chakma has denied issuing a press statement which allegedly accused the Mizoram government of ignoring the “plight of the Chakma community”. In a letter sent to several Mizoram dailies and dozens of online publications, including Mizonews.Net, the Delhi-based MCDF has...

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Mizoram govt fails to provide adequate educational institution, says Mizoram Chakma Students' Union

via Mizo News on June 17, 2014 Mizoram Chakma Students' Union members take part in the protest rally in Kamalanagar, Chawngte, Mizoram on June 13, 2014. Kamalanagar: Mizoram may take pride in being the third highest literate state in the country. However, hundreds of students have been deprived off educational facilities every year at the remote Chakma town of Kamalanagar. The issue has become gravely serious when hundreds...

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Tibeto-Burman populations of Bangladesh had Indian ancestry

PTI | Hyderabad: A new study has found that the Tibeto-Burman populations of Bangladesh carry substantially higher mainland Indian ancestry component than either northeast Indian or Southeast Asian Tibeto-Burman speaking people. "We carried out a detailed genetic analysis of three major tribal populations (Chakma, Marma and Tripura) from Bangladesh, who speak a branch of Tibeto-Burman language and compared them with our large data-set from India and Southeast Asia," Kumarasamy Thangaraj of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) said...

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The Chakmas, Marmas and Tripuras of Bangladesh had Indian ancestry, says study

ZEE NEWS Article | Hyderabad: A new study has found that the Tibeto-Burman populations of Bangladesh carry substantially higher mainland Indian ancestry component than either northeast Indian or Southeast Asian Tibeto-Burman speaking people. “We carried out a detailed genetic analysis of three major tribal populations (Chakma, Marma and Tripura) from Bangladesh, who speak a branch of Tibeto-Burman language and compared them with our large data-set from India and Southeast Asia,” Kumarasamy Thangaraj of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular...

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Chakmas boycott MDC bypoll in Mizoram

Press Trust of India| Aizawl June 4, 2014/ Borapansury: The Chakma community members did not cast a single vote during the bye-election to the member of the Chakma Autonomous District Council in the Boranpansury-II seat today after a boycott call by the NGOs and political parties. No ballot was cast in any of the three polling stations. The NGOs including the Young Chakma Association (YCA) and political parties boycotted the bypoll after the Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) or the Mizo Students Federation displayed a signboard in Borapansury-I village...

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Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), a militant Mizo student organization illegally grabbing Chakma's land, says Malin Chakma, Chairman, Joint Action Committee (JAC)

Aizawl (Mizo News)/Borapansury: The Chakmas of Borapansury village in southern Mizoram, who are not happy with the Mizo Zirlai Pawl’s (MZP) plan to build a ‘Chawlbuk’ (rest house), said that the student body is involved in an “illegal land grabbing” case. Leaders of the students body and some Mizo youths have put a sign board “MZP Ram” literally meaning ‘MZP Land’ on a plot of land measuring 2500 sq mtrs in the vicinity of Borapansury village, which the villgers claimed has been “encroached illegally”. The MZP said the land is...

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The lands of Kalindi Rani - A Chakma Queen

By Kabita Chakma A thorn in the side of the colonisers of the Chittagong Hill Tracts continues to offer inspiration today. Kalindi Rani, who ruled from 1832 to 1873, was the 45th ruler of the Chakmas. Her kingdom was outside the southeastern edge of what was then British Bengal. It had for a century been a target of appropriation by the British, who had been in control of Chittagong since 1760. In 1860, Kalindi’s kingdom was colonised, the...

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Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) forcefully grabbing the Chakma's land and threatening them to bloodshed in Mizoram

Kamlanagar June 1/Borapansury June 2: The Chakma community in Mizoram has alleged that the Mizo student organisation (Mizo Zirlai Pawl) has been trying to grab prime land in Kamlanagar, headquarters of the Chakma Autonomous District Council. MZP has already encroached upon the said area and put up signboards illegally. The particular plot of land is under Borapansury Village Council  measuring 2500 sq. m and was given to the state Civil...

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