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The Rohingya are a minority Muslim ethnic group in Northern Arakan, Western Burma.
Historically the old name of Arakan is Rohang and her people are Rohingyas. Arakan was an independent sovereign Muslim Kingdom up to 1784 when it was conquered by Burmese king Bodawphaya. It is a multi-national region with two major communities of Rohingyas and Maghs. Rohingyas are Muslims and Maghs are Buddhists. The main region where Rohingyas live is a riverine country comprising of an area of 22,000 sq. miles. It is situated between Bangladesh and Burma and bordering India in the north. It is harboring Bay of Bengal with a length of about more than 300 miles in the west. Arakan is separated from Myanmar by a barrier of big high mountain call Arakan Yoma in the east sloping down from north to the south. It is ornamented with a thick tropical evergreen rain forest. Naturally and geographically it has relation with Bengal in many ways.Please read A Short Historical Background of Arakan
External Link
1.Free Rohingya Campaign
2.Rohingya Times
3.Rohingya Languages
4.Rohingya News in Burmese
5.Rohingya Higher Education Development Malaysia
6.Golden Land of Arakan
7.ARNO
8.Rohingya Press
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