CHAKMAS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH

RAJBARI OF CHAKMAS History about Old Chakma rajbari Old Chakma Rajbari surfaced in Kaptai Lake The royal residence of the Chakma dynasty came to the surface of Kaptai Lake once again. For nearly fifty years the palace remained submerged into the lake water. (In the interview of Raja Devasish Roy)  ∆ 'At least 54,000 acre of arable land went under water in the year 1960 while implementing Kaptai hydroelectric project. Behind the placard of 'steps forward' about one lakh people were evicted and the royal mansion went under water at the winking of an eye'. This summer, the surface level of Kaptai Lake drastically went down and the palace became visible. ..With this grand mansion the 13 tiny ethnic groups have close ties... all branches of hilly culture-the folklores, songs or rhymes and fairy tales have the echo of this palace. Curious bands of people have encircled the site, both Bangalee and hilly people. However, amid such crowd

DEVASISH ROY CHAKMA RAJA Father: Tridiv Roy Mother:Aroti Roy Occupation:Politician &Lawyer Devasish Roy  also spelled  Debashish Roy ;born 9 April 1959 is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and activist. He is the current  titular   Raja  of the  Chakma Circle ,  Bangladesh 's largest indigenous community,and a Former Member of the  United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues . OCCUPATION &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. 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

                  Name: Tridev RoyChakma                   Born: 14 May 1933    Rajbari District, Chittagong Hill Tracts, British Indian                  Deid: 17 September 2012                  Islamabad,Pakistan                  Father: Nalinaksha Roy                  Son: Devasish Roy                  Occupation: Writter                  Book: The Departed Melody Tridev Roy was born in 1933 in  Rajbari ,  Rangamati ,  Chittagong Hill Tracts ,  British India . He was the son of Raja Nalinaksha Roy. He was installed as the 50th  Raja , or hereditary  King of the Chakma Circle , on 2 May 1953. Roy abdicated the throne 1971 in favour of his son,  Raja Devasish Roy , the current ruler of the  Chakma people , during the  Bangladesh Liberation War .Roy remained a practicing  Buddhist , the predominant faith of the Chakma people, throughout his life. Despite being heavily non-Muslim, the Chittagong Hill Tracts were awarded to Pakistan (specifically  East Pakistan ) by t

The Bengali-related Indo-Aryan Chittagonian  transformed the Changma Vaj language into Eastern-Indo Aryan from its Tibeto-Burman origins. The people themselves as classified as Mongoloid. Hinduism and Theravada Buddhism are the religions of the  Chakma . The Chakma people are the largest ethnic group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region in southeastern Bangladesh, second largest in Mizoram and fourth largest in Tripura of North East India. Their ethnicity is closely linked with the peoples of East Asia. However, the Chakma language (written in the Chakma script) is part of the Indo-Aryan language family of the Indian subcontinent. Most Chakma people are adherents of Therevada Buddhism. The Chakmas are divided into 46 clans or Gozas. The community is headed by the Chakma Raja, whose status as a tribal head has been historically recognized by the Government of British India and the Government of Bangladesh. Originally a nomadic community with a presence in  Arakan , the Chakma