OnlyTheTruth
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If you are inclined to stretch the history of CHT that far back, let me remind you that long before Bengal Sultanate, the kings of Arakan and Tripura exercised sovereignty over the areas now known as CHT.There is a little thing you are ignoring. In a Empire/Kingdom/State there can be two different revenue/administrative system. Many example are available in history. Even today's "One country, two system" are a good example.
A region can have a different revenue/adminstrative system & autonomy. But that doesn't mean it isn't outside of it's sovereignty or it's sovereign border. That region is just an autonomous entity within that empire/state's border.
In political Science the idea & dynamics of the idea of "Sovereignty" is very crucial. CHT wasn't sovereign, they were under Bengals sovereignty(just separately administered,like many other parts of India where,that's what matters.
And no it wasn't the Mughals who brought CHT under Bengal. It was part of Beangal since the Bengal Sultanate.
And India isn't a prime example when it comes to Tribal & Ethnic, cultural matters. No one in Asia or the world is for that matter. India would be a country where people of different ethnicities, culture & identity still heavily oppressed & persecuted. From Jharkhand, Chottisgarh to NE everywhere poor & tribial people are getting persecuted like rabid dogs. These people who aren't part of Indias mainstream Nationalism are still fighting to save their very existence.
And autonomy, separate administration doesn't ensure tribal peoples will have a better condition from what they have now. Everything is foolproof & pristine in theory, Reality is a very different matter altogether. It's not pristine & unhinged as Theory. CHT Accord won't solve anything, that's reality.
So no I won't take a leaf from anyones book.
Look, tribal customs and practices are quite different from our Bangla culture. Added to that are the religious differences. We have an obligation to safeguard their rights and unique way of life.
Granting autonomy, both political and financial, is a great step in that regard. Autonomous councils will be able to enact laws based on local customs to govern their own people and collect their taxes. Incidents of land grabbing and persecutions will drastically reduce. It is unwise to rule these areas with an iron fist, legislative and financial powers have to be devolved to the self-governing local bodies.
India recognized the need for this long back, the tribal bodies are all happy in their respective spheres. That is where Bangladesh has miserably failed.