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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Devasish Roy<br />𑄘𑄬𑄝𑄥𑄨𑄥𑄴 𑄢𑄧𑄠𑄴
| title = [[Raja]]
| image = File:Raja Devashis Roy.jpg
| caption =
| succession = [[Tribal monarchy in Chittagong Hill Tracts|Chief of the]] [[Chakma Circle]]
| moretext =
| reign = 16 December 1971 – present
| reign-type =
| coronation =
| cor-type =
| predecessor = [[Tridev Roy]]
| pre-type =
| successor =
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| regent =
| reg-type =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|4|9}}
| birth_place = [[Dhaka|Dacca]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
| father = [[Tridev Roy]]
| religion = [[Theravada Buddhism]]
| occupation = Politician, lawyer
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marraige|[[Tatu Roy]]||1998|died}}|{{marraige|[[Rani Yan Yan|Yan Yan]]|2014}}}}
| spouse-type = Consort
| consort = yes
| issue = Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy
| module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes
| allegiance =[[Chakma Circle]]
| serviceyears = 1977 - present
}}
}}

'''Devasish Roy''' (also spelled '''Debashish Roy''';<ref name="np6Jul2014" /> born 9 April 1959)<ref name="ind22Dec2017" /> is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer.<ref name="un" /> He is the [[Titular ruler|titular]] [[Tribal monarchy in Chittagong Hill Tracts|Raja]] of the [[Chakma Circle]], [[Bangladesh]]'s largest indigenous community,<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> and was a member of the [[United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/about-us/members.html |title=UNPFII Members |website=United Nations}}</ref>

== Career ==
Born in a [[Chakma people|Chakma]] family,<ref name="ind22Dec2017"/> Roy is a lawyer by profession and served as a special assistant to the [[Chief Advisor of Bangladesh]] (head of the [[caretaker government of Bangladesh]]) 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.<ref name="un">{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/member_roy.pdf |title=Raja Devasish Roy |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>

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 Roy]] had 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 [[Queen regnant|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Roy was married to Tatu Roy until her death in 1998.<ref name="np6Jul2014" /><ref name="tr5Jul2014"/> The couple have two children, a son, Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy, and a daughter.<ref name="np6Jul2014" /><ref name="tr5Jul2014"/><ref name="ind22Dec2017">{{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}}</ref> On 4 July 2014, he married [[Rani Yan Yan|Yan Yan]], an [[Rakhine people|ethnic Rakhine]] and had a son on April 16,2015.<ref name="np6Jul2014">{{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}}</ref><ref name="tr5Jul2014">{{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}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bangladeshi Theravada Buddhists]]
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[[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]]

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