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Bangladeshi politician (1922–2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা | |
Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | |
In office 1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 12 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Wadud Bhuiyan |
Succeeded by | Wadud Bhuiyan |
Constituency | Khagrachari |
In office 27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996 | |
Preceded by | A. K. M. Alim Ullah |
Succeeded by | Wadud Bhuiyan |
Constituency | Khagrachari |
Personal details | |
Born | Taraboniya, Khagrachhari District, Chittagong Hill Tracts | 13 January 1922
Died | 25 July 2018 96) Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
A tribal leader[5] and a former M.P. from Khagrachari,[6] he died on 25 July 2018 in Dhaka.[7]
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