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Biography of Devasish Roy Chakma

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 Royhad 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

Devasish Roy was married to Tatu Roy until her death in 1998. The couple have two children, a son named Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy born on 1990, and a daughter named Ayetri Aradhan Roy born on 1994.His son was made the Yuvraj (crown prince) in 2003. On 4 July 2014, he married architect and indigenous social worker Yan Yan, an ethnic Rakhine.  The couple have a son, Yoddha Devayana Roy birth on 2016).

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