Conflict between the Bangladeshi government and tribal insurgents
Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Shanti Bahini insurgents, photographed on 5 May 1994.
Date
c. 1977 – 2 December 1997 (20 years)
Location
Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Result
Ongoing
First phrase ended with the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord
Belligerents
Bangladesh
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti
Supported by:
India[1]
Myanmar[1]
Kuki-Chin National Front
Commanders and leaders
Ziaur Rahman
Abdus Sattar
Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Shahabuddin Ahmed
Khaleda Zia
Muhammad Habibur Rahman
Sheikh Hasina
M.N. Larma †
Shantu Larma
Nathan Bom
Units involved
Bangladesh Army
24th Infantry Division
Bangladesh Air Force
Paramilitary Forces:
Bangladesh Rifles
Bangladesh Ansar
Law Enforcement:
Bangladesh Police
Armed Police
Shanti Bahini
Kuki-Chin National Army
Strength
115,000–150,000[2]
Army: 33,000[3]-80,000[4]
Border Guard Bangladesh : 25,000[4]
Bangladesh Ansar: 5,000[4]
Armed Police: 10,000[4]
3,000[2]–15,000[3] (Shanti Bahini)
Casualties and losses
First phrase: 6,000+ combatants killed (partial list)[5]
3,500–25,000 civilians (Bengali settlers and tribal villagers)[3]
80,000 civilians displaced[6]
Total 30,000 Violent Deaths[6]
400+ conflict-related deaths from disease in Bangladesh (June-Aug 1995 only)[7] 7,000+ non-violent deaths among refugees in India (May 14–21, 1990 only)[7]
The Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts refers to a political and armed conflict occurred in two phases:
First phase happened from 1977 to 1997 between the government of Bangladesh and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (United People's Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts) and its armed wing, the Shanti Bahini, over the issue of autonomy and the land rights of Jumma people, mainly for Chakma people and the other indigenous of Chittagong Hill Tracts. Shanti Bahini launched an insurgency against government forces in 1977, when the country was under military rule, and the conflict continued for twenty years until the government and the PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997.[8][9][10][11][12]
Second phase started in 2017 with the establishment of the secessionist Kuki-Chin National Front under Nathan Bom, which wanted to establish a separate state for the Bawm and other ethnic groups in the Bandarban & Rangamati district, and still ongoing.
The actions then carried out by the Armed Forces and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti groups resulted in casualties on both sides.[13] There were also reports of mass rapes by the paramilitary Bangladesh Ansars, though these have been disputed.[14] According to Amnesty International as of June 2013 the Bangladeshi government made "praiseworthy progress" in implementing the terms of the peace accord and in addressing the Jumma people's concerns over the return of their land. Amnesty estimate that there are currently only 900 internally displaced Jumma families.[15][16]
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^ abDowlah, Caf (2013). "Jumma insurgency in Chittagong Hills Tracts: how serious is the threat to Bangladesh's national integration and what can be done?". Small Wars & Insurgencies. 24 (5): 775, 788–789. doi:10.1080/09592318.2013.866419. S2CID 144593890.
^ abcFortna, Virginia Page (2008). Does Peacekeeping Work?: Shaping Belligerents' Choices after Civil War. Princeton University Press. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-1-4008-3773-1.
^ abcdTalukdar, S. P. (1988). The Chakmas, life and struggle. Delhi: Gian Pub. House. p. 52. ISBN 81-212-0212-4.
^Bangladesh/Chakmas (1972-present)
^ abThe fragility of peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
^ ab"Chronology for Chittagong Hill Tribes in Bangladesh", refworld.org, 2004
^Rashiduzzaman, M. (July 1998). "Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord: Institutional Features and Strategic Concerns". Asian Survey. 38 (7). University of California Press: 653–70. doi:10.2307/2645754. JSTOR 2645754.
^"Bangladesh peace treaty signed". BBC News. 2 December 1997. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
^"Chittagong marks peace anniversary". BBC News. 2 December 1998. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
^Mohsin, Amena (2012). "Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, 1997". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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