Chakma and Hajong Communities

ЁЯФ╣Chakmas are predominantly Buddhists.
Chakmas lost their land to the development of the Kaptai Dam on the Karnaphuli River, Bangladesh.

ЁЯФ╣Hajongs Are Hindus.
Hajongs faced religious persecution as they were non-Muslims and did not speak Bengali.

ЁЯФ│Found in northeast India, West Bengal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
They fled erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1964-65 and came to India and settled in Arunachal Pradesh.

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