User:Nitishaaaa/Bhutanese Nepali Refugees

"Bhutan's Dark Secret: The Lhotshampa Expulsion" summarized:

- People of Nepalese origin have been in Bhutan since 1600s as Newar craftsmans were in Bhutan to build a stupa.

- The name Lhotshampa was given as it means "people from the south" and most Nepalis settled in the southern region.

- Bhutan were in need of people as they didn't have many people for projects; therefore Nepalis were bought in without any control of Bhutan's border.

- Bhutan's Citizenship Acts of 1958 and 1985: if people were unable to prove that they were in Bhutan before 1958, then they were considered illegal. But even if they were proven to be there before 1958, most were still thrown out.

- 1988's Poor Census: The census showed that there were a lot of Bhutanese Nepalese living in Bhutan therefore causing ethnic tensions and various discriminations to rise even though the census was poorly conducted with several mistakes.

- "One Nation, One People": furthered the discrimination of the Lhotshampa people as they were forced to follow Bhutan's dress code (weren't allowed to wear traditional Nepali) and Nepali was replaced by Dzongkha (Bhutan's language).

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