14 May 1933 Rangamati District, Chittagong Hill Tracts, British India
Died
17 September 2012(2012-09-17) (aged 79) Islamabad, Pakistan
Father
Nalinaksha Roy
Mother
Benita Roy
Occupation
Writer
Raja Tridiv Roy (Urdu: تری دیو رائے; Chakma: 𑄖𑄳𑄢𑄨𑄘𑄨𑄝𑄴 𑄢𑄧𑄠𑄴) sometimes spelled Tridev Roy, (14 May 1933 – 17 September 2012) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat and writer who was the Minister of the Minority Affairs in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto cabinet. He was also the 50th Raja/King of the Chakma tribe in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of present-day Bangladesh from 2 May 1953, until his abdication in 1971 following the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1][2] He chose to remain a Pakistani when Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971.[3] He became known as a writer, diplomat, Buddhist religious leader and politician in Pakistan.[4][1]
Between 1981 and 1995, he served as Ambassador of Pakistan to Argentina with concurrent accreditation in Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Ecuador.[5] He was also a Minister-For-Life within the Pakistani government.[6] Tridev Roy died in September 2012.[6][7]
^ abHindus Contribution Towards Making Of Pakistan Retrieved 28 January 2011
^"Tridiv Roy passes away". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^Genesis of Indigenous Chakma Buddhists and Their Pulverization Worldwide. Gyan Publishing House. 2010. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-81-7835-758-4.
^"Chittagong's former Chakma raja who left Bangladesh to live in Pakistan". 20 September 2017.
^Hyatt, Ishrat (18 September 2012). "Eulogy for a friend". The News International. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
^ abCite error: The named reference etribune was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Raja Tridiv Roy dies". Dawn. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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is unclear if these were reserved or non-reserved seats); and Buddhist TridevRoy as a member of the 5th National Assembly of Pakistan after the 1970 Pakistani...
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