Over 30,000 Bru refugees from Mizoram will be permanently settled in which northeastern state after a historic agreement was signed during January 2020?
A. West Bengal
B. Jharkhand
C. Assam
D. Tripura
Answer:D
Over 30,000 Bru refugees from Mizoram will be permanently settled in which northeastern state after a historic agreement was signed during January 2020?
A. West Bengal B. Jharkhand C. Assam D. Tripura
Explanation: The Union Home Ministry on 16 January 2020 signed an agreement to end the 22-year-old Bru refugee crisis by facilitating their resettlement in Tripura. The refugees numbering over 34,000 belong to 5,300 families. They were forced to migrate from Mizoram following tribal unrest, back in 1997. This pact was signed by Chief Secretaries of Mizoram, Tripura and representatives of Bru tribes in the Ministry of Home Affairs' North Block office in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Brus, spread across Tripura, Mizoram and parts of southern Assam, are the most populous tribe in Tripura. They are ethnically different from the Mizos, with their own distinct language and dialect.........Check More at INDIA GK" App: tinyurl.com/IndiaGK