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The Rohingya people (Burmese: ရိုဟင်ဂျာ) are naturally Bengali people from Bangladesh where they originated. Some of them were brought to the Kingdom of Rakhine by the kings when they succeed the Chittagong mountain areas in 16th century; however, most of them, who are claiming the citizenship of Myanmar, crossed the Burma-Bangladesh border and settled throughout the time of military dictatorship, specifically aroun 1960-2013. They are linguistically related to the Indo-Aryan peoples of India and Bangladesh. The region of Rakhine (Arakan) was annexed and occupied by Myanmar in the 1700s, thus bringing the Rohingya people under Burmese occupation. Nearly 100000 Rohingya live in Myanmar. According to the UN, they are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. All of the Burmese consider that Rohingya are not from Burma. They are the Bangali people who created a new story to become Burmese citizen. Contents

   1 Etymology
   2 Language
   3 History
       3.1 Kingdom of Mrauk U
       3.2 Burmese conquest
       3.3 British colonial rule
       3.4 World War II Japanese occupation
       3.5 Post-war era
       3.6 Burmese juntas
       3.7 2012 Rakhine State riots
   4 Religion
   5 Human rights violations and refugees
   6 See also
   7 Notes
   8 References
   9 External links

Etymology

Most of the Burmese have never heard about Rohingya people before 20 century. A Burmese historians, Khin Maung Saw have claimed that the term 'Rohingya' was unknown before the 1950s. Another historian, Dr Maung Maung, notes that the word Rohingya is not used in the 1824 census, conducted by the British. Historian Aye Chan from Kanda University of International Studies states that the term Rohingya was created by descendants of Bengalis in 1950s who migrated into Arakan during colonial times. He also holds that the term cannot be found in any historical source in any language before the 1950s. However, he accepts that there may have been Muslim comm