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Moni Swapan Dewan
𑄟𑄧𑄚𑄨𑄥𑄧𑄛𑄧𑄚𑄴 𑄘𑄬𑄃𑄮𑄠𑄚𑄴
Deputy Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
In office
10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byPost created
Succeeded byIftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Member of Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Preceded byDipankar Talukdar[1]
Succeeded byDipankar Talukdar[2]
ConstituencyRangamati
Personal details
Born (1954-05-18) 18 May 1954 (age 70)
Rangamati, East Bengal, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ResidenceRangamati

Moni Swapan Dewan (born 18 May 1954) alias Major Rajesh is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, ethnic Chakma, and a former member of parliament from the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[3][4] He is also the former deputy minister for Hill Tracts Affairs.[5]

He started his career as a guerilla leader for the Shanti Bahini, the armed wing of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti.[6][7][8]

Career

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Moni Swapan was a member of the Shanti Bahini during the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict and was known as Major Rajesh.[6] He is accused of committing a massacreofsettler Bengalis in the Rangamati district in 1984.[7][6]

Dewan denies the charges.[7]

Moni Swapan Dewan was appointed the Deputy Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs in the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[9] He called for the recognition of ethnic minority in the constitution of Bangladesh in 2006.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. [dead link]
  • ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  • ^ Mohsin, Amena (2003). The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-58826-138-0.
  • ^ "Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Makes Way to Khaleda's Cabinet". Xinhua News Agency. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 15 March 2023. Two out of six members of the minority community elected in the eighth parliament also made their way into the cabinet ... Moni swapan dewan, a buddhist from Southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts was inducted as deputy minister
  • ^ "Doubts over Bangladesh rebel accord". BBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  • ^ a b c sun, daily. "Horror still haunts survivors | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  • ^ a b c "Bhushanchhara genocide in Rangamati: No trial in 37yrs - City News - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  • ^ a b "Moni Swapan demands amendment of constitution to recognise linguistic minorities". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  • ^ Mohsin, Amena (2003). The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-58826-138-0.

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