Kalparanjan Chakma

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]

Kalparanjan Chakma
কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা
Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
In office
1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVacant
Member of Parliament
for Khagrachhari
In office
1991–2001
Succeeded byWadud Bhuiyan
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

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". Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. "Country crippled in hartal". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. "Bangladesh hostage release stalled". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. "Bangladesh kidnappers toughen stance". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. "Bangladesh Backgrounder". satp.org. SATP. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  6. "Khagrachhari AL 'dumps' Kalpa Ranjan Chakma". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. "Former minister Kalparanjan Chakma dies at 100". bdnews24.com. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-26.


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