# Devasish Roy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Devasish_Roy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Devasish_Roy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devasish_Roy > Source revision: 1354257049 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Devasish Roy
𑄘𑄬𑄝𑄥𑄨𑄥𑄴 𑄢𑄧𑄠𑄴 | title = [Raja](/source/Raja) | image = | caption = | succession = [Chief of the](/source/Tribal_monarchy_in_Chittagong_Hill_Tracts) [Chakma Circle](/source/Chakma_Circle) | moretext = | reign = 25 December 1977 – present | reign-type = | coronation = | cor-type = | predecessor = [Samit Roy](/source/Samit_Roy) | pre-type = | successor = | suc-type = | regent = | reg-type = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|4|9}} | birth_place = [Dacca](/source/Dhaka), [East Pakistan](/source/East_Pakistan), Pakistan | father = [Tridev Roy](/source/Tridev_Roy) | religion = [Theravada Buddhism](/source/Theravada_Buddhism) | occupation = Politician, lawyer | spouse = {{ubl|{{marraige|[Tatu Roy](/source/Tatu_Roy)||1998|died}}|{{marraige|[Yan Yan](/source/Rani_Yan_Yan)|2014}}}} | spouse-type = Consort | consort = yes | issue = Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy }} '''Devasish Roy''' (also spelled '''Debashish Roy'''; born 9 April 1959) is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He is the [titular](/source/Titular_ruler) [Raja](/source/Tribal_monarchy_in_Chittagong_Hill_Tracts) of the [Chakma Circle](/source/Chakma_Circle), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh)'s largest indigenous community,{{cite news |last=Monet |first=Jenni |date=1 May 2015 |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/indigenous-jumma-people-vow-to-launch-non-cooperation-movement-on-bangladesh-aaefc7ew1UuWX7TcvBm3_w |title=Indigenous Jumma People Vow to Launch 'Non-Cooperation Movement' on Bangladesh |work=[Indian Country Today](/source/Indian_Country_Today)}} and was a member of the [United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues](/source/United_Nations_Permanent_Forum_on_Indigenous_Issues) from 2014 to 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/about-us/members.html |title=UNPFII Members |website=United Nations}} == Career == Born in a [Chakma](/source/Chakma_people) family, Roy is a lawyer by profession and served as a special assistant to the [Chief Advisor of Bangladesh](/source/Chief_Advisor_of_Bangladesh) (head of the [caretaker government of Bangladesh](/source/caretaker_government_of_Bangladesh)) during the [2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis](/source/2006%E2%80%932008_Bangladeshi_political_crisis). He was in charge of the [Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Chittagong_Hill_Tracts_Affairs) and the Ministry of Forest and Environment.{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/member_roy.pdf |title=Raja Devasish Roy |publisher=United Nations}} Roy became King of the Chakma Circle after his father [Tridev Roy](/source/Tridev_Roy) went into exile following the independence of Bangladesh from [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan) in 1971. In the 1970 general election [Raja Tridev Roy](/source/Raja_Tridev_Roy) had been elected to the [National Assembly of Pakistan](/source/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan) as one of the only two non-[Awami League](/source/Awami_League) candidates from [East Pakistan](/source/East_Pakistan). The former Raja who opposed the independence of Bangladesh fled [Rangamati](/source/Rangamati) and escaped to Pakistan at the end of the [Bangladesh Liberation War](/source/Bangladesh_Liberation_War). However most of the royal family, including the [Rani](/source/Queen_regnant) 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.{{Cite news |date=2017-09-20 |title=Chittagong's former Chakma raja who left Bangladesh to live in Pakistan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/chittagongs-former-chakma-raja-who-left-bangladesh-to-live-in-pak-4851886/ |access-date=2022-09-19 |work=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2012-09-19 |title=Tridiv Roy passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-250386 |access-date=2022-09-19 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} == Personal life == Roy was married to Tatu Roy until her death in 1998. The couple have two children, a son, Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy, and a daughter.{{cite news |last=Illius |first=Shamsuddin |date=22 December 2017 |title=Chakma Raja Celebrates 40 Years |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/129173 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224034918/http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/129173 |archive-date=24 December 2017}} On 4 July 2014, he married [Yan Yan](/source/Rani_Yan_Yan), an [ethnic Rakhine](/source/Rakhine_people) and had a son on April 16,2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.nirvanapeace.com/english/news-review/country-news/678#.VUU6IeTgUfw |title=Chakma Raja Debashish Roy wedded |date=6 July 2014 |work=The Report 24 |via=Nirvana Peace}}{{cite news |script-title=bn:চাকমা রাজার দ্বিতীয় বিয়ে |trans-title=Chakma king's second marriage |url=http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/44132/index.html |work=The Report 24 |date=5 July 2014 |language=bn}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Devasish}} Category:Bangladeshi Theravada Buddhists Category:Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict Category:Chakma people Category:Living people Category:1959 births Category:Chakma Royal Family Category:Bangladeshi barristers Category:20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers Category:21st-century Bangladeshi lawyers Category:People from Rangamati District Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division Category:Advisers of caretaker governments of Bangladesh --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Devasish Roy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devasish_Roy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devasish_Roy?action=history)). 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