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Amid the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh posted a thread on X, along with a video, which claimed that there had been “unnatural growth” in the population of “Chin-Kuki-Zo” tribes in the State
Mr. Singh said this was a threat to the “indigenous people and national security”.
The remarks came just as the State witnessed a fresh spate of violence, during which unidentified militants attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Bishnupur district, killing two security personnel
Chin
The Chin people are an ethnic group native to the Chin State and Rakhine State of Myanmar.
Strictly speaking, the term "Chin" only refers to the 53 sub-tribes of the Chin ethnic group, divided and recognized by the Burmese government.
They speak the Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages, which are often mutually unintelligible but are closely related
These people predominantly live in Myanmar, but are also spread throughout Bangladesh and India as refugees.
Dominant tribes of the Chin include Hakha, Tedim (Haidim), Asho and Matu
Kuki
It is one of the ethnic groups that inhabit the northeastern regions of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
They are mainly found in the states of Manipur and Mizoram in India, Chin State in Myanmar, and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.
They are part of the larger Zo people, along with the Chin and Mizo tribes.
Some tribes of Kuki peoples in India are recognised as scheduled tribes in India
Traditionally, the Kuki people followed animism, which is a belief in the existence of spirits in nature and ancestors
With the arrival of Christian missionaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Kuki people converted to Christianity
Zo
The Zo people is a term to denote the ethno linguistically related speakers of the Kuki-Chin languages who primarily inhabit northeastern India, western Myanmar, and southeastern Bangladesh.
They have a diverse religious landscape, with most of them following Christianity, while some still adhere to animism, Judaism or Buddhism
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