Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan da Jinnah ya ki amincewa da arewacin Arakan a cikin Dominion na Pakistan, wasu dattawan Rohingya da suka goyi bayan motsi na "jihad", sun kafa jam'iyyar "Mujahid" a arewacin Arakan a 1947. Manufar jam'iyyar Mujahid ita ce ta kirkiro wata kasa mai cin gashin kanta ta Musulunci a Arakan. A cikin shekarun 1950, sun fara amfani da kalmar "Rohingya" wanda zai iya kasancewa ci gaba da kalmar Rooinga don kafa ainihin asali da kuma gano kansu a matsayin 'yan asalin ƙasar. Sun kasance da yawa fiye da aiki kafin
1962 Burma juyin mulki da Janar Ne Win, Janar na Burma wanda ya fara aikin soja don yaƙi da Jafananci a Yaƙin Duniya na II. Ne Win ya gudanar da ayyukan soja a kansu tsawon shekaru ashirin. Mafi shahararren shine Operation King Dragon, wanda ya faru a 1978; sakamakon haka, Musulmai da yawa a yankin sun gudu zuwa makwabciyar Bangladesh a matsayin 'yan gudun hijira. Baya ga Bangladesh, yawancin 'yan Rohingya sun yi hijira zuwa Karachi, Pakistan. 'Yan Rohingya mujahideen har yanzu suna aiki a cikin yankuna masu nisa na Arakan.