The Chittagong Hill Tracts and Their Inhabitants

Abstract

Among the few indisputable things which can be said about the Chittagong Hill Tracts are those which relate to their geographical location and more recent history. The Hill Tracts are bounded on the west by the narrow Chittagong Plains running along the Bay of Bengal, on the north and east by the Indian states of Tripura and Mizoram respectively, and, finally, in the south and southeast by the Burmese region of Arakan; they lie between 91° 45′ and 92° 50′ East longitude and 21° 35′ and 23° 45′ North latitude. At the partition of British India, the Chittagong Hill Tracts became part of the eastern wing of Pakistan; since Bangladesh gained its independence, they have been considered part of that country’s territory.