With reference to Chakmas and Hajongs consider following statements Chakmas are predominan...........

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With reference to Chakmas and Hajongs, consider following statements

Chakmas are predominantly Buddhists and Hajongs are Hindus.
They were inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Myanmar.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

The Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) has directed the Arunachal Pradesh government to include the Chakma and Hajong communities in the COVID-19 relief programme. The Chakmas and Hajongs are ethnic people. Chakmas are predominantly Buddhists; Hajongs are Hindus. They were inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) who migrated to India due to –Submergence of their land by the Kaptai dam on the Karnaphuli River in the 1960s and religious persecution they faced in East Pakistan as they were non-Muslims. Hence only statement 1st is correct.