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12 | 19 | Bangladesh is bestowed with an ample amount of places to explore. From 20 | beautiful natural sites to historical places, the country has much to 21 | offer for a pleasing and learning experience. Among the eye-catching 22 | places, the most remote and least populated Bandarban is a popular 23 | destination for its adventurous, distinctive and scenic landscape. The 24 | beauty of its forests, numerous waterfalls, tallest peaks and 25 | lifestyles of 15 different ethnic groups attract tourists from both 26 | home and abroad. One must visit Bandarban at least once! In the middle 27 | of November, I made a plan to tour the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and 28 | finally decided to visit a few places in Bandarban district. My 29 | friends, Didar and Shoib, also joined my planned tour. Bandarban was 30 | new to us, therefore, we collected adequate information from the 31 | internet and watched some documentaries on youtube about the area. We 32 | collected tickets from S Alam bus service and started off on our 33 | journey on a Thursday night. By road, the distance from Dhaka to 34 | Bandarban is 318 kilometres. Though a little jam troubled us at 35 | Kanchpur Bridge, we reached our destination by 6:30 am the next 36 | morning. On the way, the bus stopped at a highway restaurant in 37 | Comilla. We had some light food. However, the high prices bothered us 38 | a bit. After reaching Bandarban town, we managed to find rooms at the 39 | Bangabandhu Smrity Pathaghar guest house. Jahangir Alam, who looks 40 | after the guest house, 41 |
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10 | 17 | Bandarban Hill District is the most remote and least populated 18 | district in Bangladesh. The lure of the tallest peaks of Bangladesh, 19 | treks through virgin forests and chance to meet more than 15 tribes of 20 | the region up close is growing both among Bangladeshis and tourists 21 | from other countries. Since the insurgency ceased in the Chittagong 22 | Hill Tracts (a cluster that includes all three hill districts of 23 | Bangladesh) it has opened up for tourists more than a decade back, 24 | though some of the western tourist guides may still describe the area 25 | as a major security risk.It is governed by a Hill Council under the 26 | Bangladesh government, headed by the King of Mong Circle. The current 27 | monarch, His Highness King Aung Shue Prue Chowdhury, is the 15th to 28 | sit on the throne. The front hall (Raj Durbar) of the Royal Palace is 29 | open to visitors, provided that appropriate behavior is maintained. 30 | Interestingly the 13th Royal Family claims the current Family to be 31 | usurpers to the throne. Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and 32 | Chramma are major religions along with many pagan faiths. The best 33 | place for information are the Press Club (phone: +880 (0) 361 62549), 34 | the Tribal Cultural Institute (phone: +880 (0) 361 62424), the office 35 | of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, the government owned tourism 36 | company and the office of Guide Tours, the largest privately owned 37 | tourism company, at Hill Side Resort. Bandarban, a 4,479 km² wide area 38 | with a population of 292,900 (2003 est.) inside Bangladesh is bordered 39 | by Cox's Bazaar, Chittagong, Rangamati and Khagrachari. On the other 40 | side of the 129 kilometre international border lies Myanmar provinces 41 | of Chin and Arakan. Bandarban has only one town that approaches 42 | anything near a city - the Bandarban town. The rest of the area is 43 | divided into 7 upazilas, which are in turn divided into varying 44 | numbers of unions. Each union is a cluster of paras and villages. 45 | Bandarban Sadar: Bandarban Sadar, Rajvila, Kuhalong, Sualok, Tankabati 46 | Thanchi: Thanchi, Bolipara, Remakree, Tindu Lama: Lama, Aziznagar, 47 | Fashiakhali, Gozalia, Rupasipara, Soroi, Nikhongchhari: Nikhongchhari, 48 | Baishari, Dochari, Ghumdhum Alikadam: Alikadam, Choykhong 49 | Rowangchhari: Rowangchhari, Alekhong, Noapatang, Taracha Ruma: Ruma. 50 | Galengga, Pyndu, Remakree Pranksha In the early days of 15th century, 51 | Arakanese kingdom expended its territories to the Chittagong area of 52 | Bengal. After the victory of Arakan on Burma's Pegu kingdom in 1599 53 | AD, the Arakanese king Mong Raja Gree appointed a Prince of Pegu as 54 | the governor of newly established Bohmong Htaung (Circle) by giving 55 | the title of "Bohmong" Raja. That area was mostly populated by the 56 | Arakanese descendants and ruled by the Burmese (Myanmar) noble 57 | descendants who started to call themselves in Arakanese language as 58 | Marma. Marma is an archaic Arakanese pronunciation for Myanmar. As the 59 | population of the Bohmong Htaung were of Arakanese descandants, these 60 | Myanmar-desendants Bohmong chiefs (Rajas) of the ruling class took the 61 | titles in Arakanese and speak a dialect of the Arakanese language. 62 | Bandarban Hill District was once called Bohmong Htaung since the 63 | Arakanese rule. Once Bohmong Htaung was ruled by Bohmong Rajas who 64 | were the subordinates to the Arakanese kings. Ancestors of the present 65 | Bohmong dynasty were the successor of the Pegu King of Burma under the 66 | Arakan's rule in Chittagong. In 1614, King Mong Kha Maung, the king of 67 | Arakan appointed Maung Saw Pru as Governor of Chittagong who in 1620 68 | repulsed the Portuguese invasion with great valour. As a consequence, 69 | Arakanese king, Mong Kha Maung adorned Maung Saw Pru with a title of 70 | Bohmong meaning Great General. After the death of Maung Saw Pru two 71 | successors retained Bohmong title. During the time of Bohmong Hari 72 | Gneo in 1710, Arakanese King Canda Wizaya recaptured Chittagong from 73 | the Mughals. Bohmong Hari Gneo helped King Canda Wizaya in recapturing 74 | Chittagong and as a mark of gratitude the later conferred on Bohmong 75 | Hari Gneo the grand title of Bohmong Gree which means great Commander 76 | in Chief. During the British Raj, it was declared as the Bohmong 77 | circle with limited autonomy. The Mizokaba or the Mizo uprise in the 78 | mid 19th century was major catalyst for re-settlemet of the tribes in 79 | the area. During World War II the area saw the presence of a 80 | formidable British military presence that came to stand against a 81 | Japanese invasion. The tribes of these hills held the reputation of 82 | unyielding rebellion throughout history. When India, Pakistan and 83 | Mynamar went independent from the Raj, the leaders of the tribes 84 | people decided unsuccessfully to become a part of Mynamar, then known 85 | as Burma. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 to gain 86 | independence from Pakistan, the leaders again sought unsuccessfully to 87 | remain a part of Pakistan. In the late 1970s, a policy of forced 88 | settlement of Bengalis into hills was pursued, which later gave rise 89 | to much violence against the hill people and the insurgency led by 90 | Shanti Bahini, the military wing of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati 91 | Samiti. There have been an attempt to create divide among tribal 92 | cultural lines between the Chakmas, who led Shantibanhini, and the 93 | Mrus, by creating an anti-Shantibanhini militia out of them. Now, 94 | after the peace treaty, Bandarban stands as a locally governed ethnic 95 | region together with the two other hill districts. Representation of 96 | numerous tribes of the district in the Hill Council now stands as a 97 | thorn of dispute here. 98 |
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