Kalparanjan Chakma

Kalparanjan Chakma
Kalparanjan Chakma
কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা
Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
	In office; 1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of Parliament; for Khagrachhari
	In office; 1991–2001
Succeeded by	Wadud Bhuiyan
Personal details
Born	13 January 1922; Taraboniya, Khagrachhari District, Chittagong Hill Tracts
Died	25 July 2018 (aged 96); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh 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

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

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