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🎯Key Facts about Koshi River:- 👉🏻The Koshi River, also known as the "Saptakoshi" in Nepal, is a trans-boundary river that flows through India and Nepal. 👉🏻It is the largest river basin in Nepal. 👉🏻It is one of the biggest tributaries of the Ganga. 👉🏻Course::- It originates from the Tibetan Plateau, crosses the Himalayas, and flows through the Mahabharat range and Siwalik hills, reaching the plains of eastern Nepal and finally meeting the Ganges in India. 🔹The overall length of the river is 729 km (453 miles). 🔹The Kosi river valley is bounded by steep margins that disconnect it from the Yarlung Zangbo River to the north, the Mahananda River to the east, the Gandaki to the west and the Ganga to the south. 👉🏻Tributaries:- Indrawati, Sun Koshi, Tama Koshi, Likhu, Dudh Koshi, Arun, and Tamor are the major seven tributaries of the Koshi river system.These seven tributaries meet at Triveni, from where it is called Sapta-Koshi. 👉🏻Over the last 250 years, the Kosi River has changed its course. It has an unstable nature due to heavy silt. 👉🏻The Koshi River, often dubbed the 'Sorrow of Bihar,' inflicts devastating floods and substantial damage each year. Join @upsc_map

👉🏻Population:- The Chakma population is estimated to be around 550,000.The majority (approximately 300,000 people) are located in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.There are also about 80,000 Chakmas in Mizoram State. 👉🏻Religion:- The majority of Chakmas practice Theravada Buddhism, tinged with aspects of animism and Hinduism. Every Chakma village has a Buddhist temple (kaang), and the Buddhist priests or monks are called Bhikhus.The Chakmas worship Hindu deities like Lakshmi, for example, is worshipped as the Goddess of the Harvest. 👉🏻Society:- Chakmas are divided into clans (gojas), which are further subdivided into subclans (guttis).Members of the same subclan are forbidden to marry each other. 👉🏻Language:- The Chakmas speak a dialect of Bengali (Bangla) and use the standard Bengali alphabet. 👉🏻Agricultural Practices:- They practice shifting cultivation called JUM. They grow paddy, maize, cotton, sesame, etc. in their JUM, along with vegetables and spices.They also know the art of low-land cultivation.

🎯 Who are Chakmas ? 👉🏻Overview:- A single-judge bench of the Tripura High Court recently asked the administration to take necessary measures to stop the persecution of two tribal Chakma families that converted to Christianity last year. 👉🏻About Chakmas Chakmas are one of the largest ethnic groups native to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of southeastern Bangladesh. They have their own age-old culture, language, and scripts. They primarily live in the Chittagong Hills Tracts of Bangladesh, the Chin and Arakan provinces of Myanmar, in the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh, and a few families in West Bengal.

👉🏻Population:- The Chakma population is estimated to be around 550,000.The majority (approximately 300,000 people) are located in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.There are also about 80,000 Chakmas in Mizoram State. 👉🏻Religion:- The majority of Chakmas practice Theravada Buddhism, tinged with aspects of animism and Hinduism. Every Chakma village has a Buddhist temple (kaang), and the Buddhist priests or monks are called Bhikhus.The Chakmas worship Hindu deities like Lakshmi, for example, is worshipped as the Goddess of the Harvest. 👉🏻Society:- Chakmas are divided into clans (gojas), which are further subdivided into subclans (guttis).Members of the same subclan are forbidden to marry each other. 👉🏻Language:- The Chakmas speak a dialect of Bengali (Bangla) and use the standard Bengali alphabet. 👉🏻Agricultural Practices:- They practice shifting cultivation called JUM. They grow paddy, maize, cotton, sesame, etc. in their JUM, along with vegetables and spices.They also know the art of low-land cultivation.

🎯 Who are Chakmas ? 👉🏻Overview:- A single-judge bench of the Tripura High Court recently asked the administration to take necessary measures to stop the persecution of two tribal Chakma families that converted to Christianity last year. 👉🏻About Chakmas Chakmas are one of the largest ethnic groups native to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of southeastern Bangladesh. They have their own age-old culture, language, and scripts. They primarily live in the Chittagong Hills Tracts of Bangladesh, the Chin and Arakan provinces of Myanmar, in the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh, and a few families in West Bengal.

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