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Located in the south-east corner of Bangladesh, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have a history of a vicious conflict between its Bengali settlers and the Paharis, specifically the indigenous community, the Pahari-adivasis. The region's already volatile background further escalated thanks to the nation-building approach that was being followed by the state after Bangladesh became independent in 1971. This inclination triggered an insurgency movement whose leaders demanded regional autonomy and a recognition of their identity so that people could lead a life of dignity. To quell the movement, the state resorted to military force. Later to introduce peace, the CHT Peace Accord was signed in 1997. However, though it did succeed in bringing about an element of stability, the accord failed in its larger objective as it excluded the engagement of the larger mass of Pahari people. Just over twenty years after the accord was signed, we examine, through a research study, why it neither lead to sustainable peace nor was it successful in its goal of conflict management.

Papers on the historical roots of the conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, administration and militarization (civil war, atrocities on women, repression of Buddhism, reports of atrocities, list of army camps and destroyed villages), population, immigration and refugees (ethnic composition, settlement of Bengalis, refugees in camps in Tripara and Mizoram, position of refugees), organised resistance, the JSS and the Shanti Bahini (history and organization of the party, party guideline), foreign aid and economic development (natural resources, foreign aid and development projects), international protests. In the appendix press coverage, the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation of 1900, Disturbed Areas Bill and list of addresses. (DÜI-Ptk)

Access to resources is vital to peoples livelihoods in the rural and peri-urban areas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Through legal and institutional pluralism and various political practices, people put forth their resource claims recognized as rights. This writing analyzes how the public authority and the local State are formed through debates and struggles over the property in the Chittagong of Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh.

Raids, territorialisation, and agricultural penetration : the Chittagong Hill Tracts before and after annexation, 1760-1861 -- Police, post-raids polities and creation of an economy, 1865-1885 -- The case of the disparaged chiefs, 1891-1930 -- Last attempts to reclaim authority by the hill elites and the making of indigeneity, 1920s-1930s -- Political exclusion and the tracts in the run up to partition, 1933-47 -- Conclusion