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
Memeber 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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