Tamina M Chowdhury: 1 book
Indigenous Identity in South Asia
Making Claims in the Colonial Chittagong Hill Tracts
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
In the immediate aftermath of the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, an armed struggle ensued in its remote south-eastern corner. The hill people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, more commonly referred to as paharis, demanded official recognition, and autonomy, as the indigenous people of the Tracts. This...
