{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1904–2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Manoranjan Dhar | native_name = মনোরঞ্জন ধর | image = Manoranjan Dhar.jpg
| office = Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan | term_start = 21 June 1972 | term_end = 20 February 1973 | predecessor = ''Position created'' | successor = Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury
| occupation = Politician, diplomat, lawyer | party = Bangladesh Awami League, National Congress Party | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|2|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|6|22|1904|2|21|df=y}} | spouse = Bhakti Dhar | alma_mater = Calcutta University }}
'''Manoranjan Dhar''' (21 February 1904 – 22 June 2000) was a Bangladeshi politician and diplomat. He was an adviser to Mujibnagar Government during Bangladesh Liberation War<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia |article=Dhar, Manoranjan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/89367 |title=Those Days At BangabhavanIn August 1975: Reminiscence (Part 1) |website=Asian Tribune |access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref>
==Early life== Dhar graduated from Ananda Mohan College.<ref name="Nuruzzaman1968">{{cite book |last=Nuruzzaman |first=Mohammad |title=Who's Who |year=1968 |publisher=The Eastern Publications |oclc=46205 |pages=284–285}}</ref> He obtained his bachelor's from Calcutta University. He participated in the Non-cooperation movement in 1921. He took part in the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. He was an editor of the weekly ''Gana-Abhijan'' during 1938–1940.<ref name=bpedia/>
==Political career== Dhar was elected a member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1946 and the East Bengal Legislative Assembly during 1947 – 1958. During Bangladesh Liberation War he was appointed as an adviser to Mujibnagar Government. In 1972, he was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan. He was in charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh on 16 March 1973.<ref name=bpedia/><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnwdAAAAIAAJ&q=Manoranjan+Dhar |title=Debates. Official Report |publisher=Pakistan Constituent Assembly |date=1951-01-01 |pages=186 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmIKAAAAIAAJ&q=Manoranjan+Dhar |title=Debates: Official Report |date=1953-01-01 |publisher=Manager, Government of Pakistan Press, Pakistan Constituent Assembly |language=en}}</ref>
== Death == Dhar died on 22 June 2000.<ref name="bpedia" />
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