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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1922–2018)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kalparanjan Chakma
| native_name = কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = [[Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs|Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs]]
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| term_start = 1 January 1998
| term_end = 15 July 2001
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| successor = [[Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency1 = [[Khagrachhari (Jatiya Sangsad constituency)|Khagrachari]]
| term_start1 = 12 June 1996
| term_end1 = 15 July 2001
| predecessor1 = Wadud Bhuiyan
| successor1 = [[Wadud Bhuiyan]]
| constituency2 = [[Khagrachhari (Jatiya Sangsad constituency)|Khagrachari]]
| predecessor2 = [[A. K. M. Alim Ullah]]
| successor2 = Wadud Bhuiyan
| term_start2 = 27 February 1991
| term_end2 = 15 February 1996
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|01|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Taraboniya, [[Khagrachhari District]], [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|7|25|1922|01|13}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
}}

'''Kalparanjan Chakma''' (13 January 1922<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=bn:বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব, পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম জেলা |trans-title=Famous personalities |url=http://www.rangamati.gov.bd/site/page/40244fd1-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC |website=Rangamati District |language=bn |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517074223/http://www.rangamati.gov.bd/site/page/40244fd1-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%2596%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AF%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A4-%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AF%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25A4%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%25A4%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AC |url-status=dead }}</ref> – 25 July 2018) was a Bangladeshi [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] politician and a [[Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs|Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Country crippled in hartal|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/25/d4082501022.htm|work=The Daily Star|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-date=29 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929081641/http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/08/25/d4082501022.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh hostage release stalled|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1202945.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> He helped negotiate the release of two Danes and a Briton kidnapped by [[Shanti Bahini]] members in [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangladesh kidnappers toughen stance|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1184675.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref>

A tribal leader<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Backgrounder|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/backgrounders/index.html|website=South Asia Terrorism Portal|access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> and a former [[member of Parliament|M.P.]] from [[Khagrachhari District|Khagrachari]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Khagrachhari AL 'dumps' Kalpa Ranjan Chakma|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/14/d60914070395.htm|work=The Daily Star|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725183751/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/14/d60914070395.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> he died on 25 July 2018 in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/former-minister-kalparanjan-chakma-dies-at-100 |title=Former minister Kalparanjan Chakma dies at 100 |date=25 July 2018|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

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[[Category:1922 births]]
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[[Category:Chakma people]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi Buddhists]]
[[Category:People from Khagrachhari District]]
[[Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Ministers of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs]]

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