Indigenous identity in South Asia : making claims in the colonial Chittagong Hill Tracts /

Chowdhury, Tamina M.,

Indigenous identity in South Asia : making claims in the colonial Chittagong Hill Tracts / Tamina M. Chowdhury. - New York: Routledge 2017 - xi, 198 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 33 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-196) and index.

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.



9781138673434 (hardback)


Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.--Bangladesh--Chittagong Hill Tracts (Region)


Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh : Region)--History.
Bangladesh--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

954.92903 / C5527i