Charu Bikash Chakma is a Bangladeshi Chakma politician[1] who was one of the senior leaders of the political movement of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and co-founder of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti. He was an Awami League candidate in the 1970 Pakistani general election but lost to Manabendra Narayan Larma, his close friend.[2][3][4] He met the government of independent Bangladesh in December 1971 in a failed bid to secure constitutional safeguards for indigenous people of Bangladesh.[5] He was a leader of the Chakma Jubak Samity.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rahman, Mirza Zillur. Falconry in the Hills: Insurgency at Chittagong Hill Tracts. pp. 135–. ISBN 9781326200855. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Chakma, Saradindu Shekhar (2002). The Untold Story. Jatiya Grantha Prakashan. p. 12. ISBN 978-984-560-184-9.
  3. ↑ Hossain, Hameeda; Mohsin, Amena (2016-05-30). Of the Nation Born: The Bangladesh Papers. Zubaan. ISBN 978-93-85932-07-6.
  4. ↑ Prakash, Ved (2008). Terrorism in India's North-east: A Gathering Storm. Gyan Publishing House. p. 555. ISBN 978-81-7835-662-4.
  5. ↑ Shahabuddin, Mohammad (2021-06-10). Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial States in International Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-108-48367-4.
  6. ↑ Ali, Syed Murtaza (1996). The Hitch in the Hills. Dil Monowara Begum. p. 21.


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