Devasish Roy
Devasish Roy (also spelled Debashish Roy;[1] born 9 April 1959) is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and activist.[2][3] He is the current titular Raja of the Chakma Circle, Bangladesh's largest indigenous community,[4] and a Former Member[5] of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Devasish Roy | |
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Raja | |
Chief of the Chakma Circle | |
Tenure | 1971 |
Predecessor | Tridev Roy |
Born | 9 April 1959 |
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Issue |
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Father | Tridev Roy |
Mother | Arati Roy |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Career
Devasish Roy is a Barrister by profession and served as a Special Assistant to the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh (Head of the Interim Government) with rank and status of a State Minister during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. He was in charge of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and the Ministry of Forest and Environment.[2]
Roy became King of the Chakma Circle after his father Tridev Roy went into exile following the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971. In the 1970 general election Raja Tridev Roy had been elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as one of the only two non-Awami League candidates from East Pakistan. The former Raja who opposed the independence of Bangladesh fled Rangamati and escaped to Pakistan at the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War. However most of the royal family, including the Rani and Yuvraj, were still left at the Rangamati Palace. After the emergence of Bangladesh, Yuvraj Devasish Roy was proclaimed Raja due to the absence of his father.
Personal life
Roy was married to Tatu Roy until her death in 1998.[1] The couple have two children, a son named Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy (b. 1990), and a daughter named Ayetri Aradhan Roy (b. 1994).[6][1] His son was made the Yuvraj (crown prince) in 2003.[6] On 4 July 2014, he married architect and indigenous social worker Yan Yan, an ethnic Rakhine.[1] The couple have a son, Yoddha Devayana Roy (b. 2016).
See also
- Tridev Roy
- Rajkumari Chandra Roy
- Rajmata Benita Roy
- Chakma people
- Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
References
- "Chakma Raja Debashish Roy wedded". Nirvana Desk. 6 July 2014.
- "Profile" (PDF). United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
- Chakma Raj family Archived 21 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Royal website. Retrieved 28 January 2011
- "Indigenous Jumma People Vow to Launch 'Non-Cooperation Movement' on Bangladesh". Indian Country Today Media Network.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/about-us/members.html
- Soszynski, Henry. "CHAKMA". members.iinet.net.au. Retrieved 19 September 2018.