Kalparanjan Chakma
কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা
Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
In office
1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBir Bahadur Ushwe Sing
Member of Parliament
In office
12 June 1996 – 15 July 2001
Preceded byWadud Bhuiyan
Succeeded byWadud Bhuiyan
ConstituencyKhagrachari
In office
27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Preceded byA. K. M. Alim Ullah
Succeeded byWadud Bhuiyan
ConstituencyKhagrachari
Personal details
Born(1922-01-13)13 January 1922
Taraboniya, Khagrachhari District, Chittagong Hill Tracts
Died25 July 2018(2018-07-25) (aged 96)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Kalparanjan Chakma (13 January 1922[1] – 25 July 2018) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.[2][3] He helped negotiate the release of two Danes and a Briton kidnapped by Shanti Bahini members in Chittagong Hill Tracts.[4]

A tribal leader[5] and a former M.P. from Khagrachari,[6] he died on 25 July 2018 in Dhaka.[7]

References

  1. ^ বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব, পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম জেলা [Famous personalities]. Rangamati District (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Country crippled in hartal". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh hostage release stalled". BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh kidnappers toughen stance". BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh Backgrounder". South Asia Terrorism Portal. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Khagrachhari AL 'dumps' Kalpa Ranjan Chakma". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Former minister Kalparanjan Chakma dies at 100". bdnews24.com. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.


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