From East Pakistan to Kokila: A Chakma Refugee’s Journey of Displacement & Belonging

From East Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh — a journey of displacement and belonging. In 1964, at just 26 years of age, he arrived from then East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) as a young refugee. The Government of India relocated his family to the Hollongi–Kokila Chakma Settlement Village, where he has lived ever since. Today, Bilash Chakma is the Head Gaon Burah of Kokila Chakma settlement area in Papum Pare. 🎥 Watch this interview as he recounts his journey from East Pakistan to Kokila. #ArunachalPradesh #Kokila #Chakma #papumpare #watchnow