Chittagong Hill Tracts

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The Chittagong Hill Tracts were originally occupied by the different tribes belonging to the Kuki group. They yielded to and were driven to the north-east by the invasion of the Chakmas who had gained a settlement in the southern portion of the District of Chittagong, but who, in the time of the Burmese wars, were ousted by the Maghs from Arakan and forced to enter the Hill Tracts. They finally settled in the central and north-eastern portions of them, while their former possessions were absorbed by the Maghs.

The District is at the present day inhabited by a variety of tribes, each speaking its own distinct dialect. The three principal tribes are Chakmas, Maghs and Tipperas; sin addition, there are Mro, Kuki, Khyangs and Pankhosall forming the Kuki group of the inhabitants of the District."