What the records say
- When
- 1989 – 1991
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 96
- Coordinates
- 22.93° N, 92.03° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- intrastate
- Territory name
- Chittagong Hill Tracts
- Region
- Asia
- Location
- Bangladesh
- Side a
- Government of Bangladesh
Placed at the middle of its 59 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
Conflict between the Bangladeshi government and tribal insurgents
The insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, also known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict, refers to a political and armed conflict that occurred in Bangladesh in two phases. The first phase took place from 1977 to 1997 between the government of Bangladesh and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti and its armed wing, the Shanti Bahini, over the issue of autonomy and the land rights of Jumma people, mainly…
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The source
- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
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