evidence: By EMILY FISHBEIN | FRONTIER [...] For centuries, the diverse collection of people inhabiting the remote mountains spanning what is today Myanmar’s northwestern border with India and Bangladesh ruled themselves as independent chiefdoms. When the British took control over these areas in the late 19th century, it divided them among its territories of Assam, Bengal and Burma. The Chin Hills Regulations of 1896 established indirect colonial rule over the areas included in Burma, thereby introducing a distinct Chin identity, while still preserving traditional political structures at the local level. [...] The CDF-Kalay-Kabaw-Gangaw is one of several resistance forces based there, but it is the only one that also seeks to incorporate these areas into Chinland. Kabaw refers to the Kabaw valley, located in Kalay Township near the border with the Indian state of Manipur.