Charu Bikash Chakma is a Bangladeshi Chakma politician who was one of the senior leaders of the political movement of the

Chittagong Hill Tracts The Chittagong Hill Tracts (), often shortened to simply the Hill Tracts and abbreviated to CHT, refers to the three hilly districts within the Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar (Burma) in the east: Kh ...

and co-founder of the

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (; ''United People's Committee of the Chittagong Hill Tracts''; abbreviated PCJSS) is a left-wing political party formed to represent minority communities and indigenous tribes of the Chittagong Hill ...

. He was an

Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

candidate in the

1970 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 7 December 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly. They were the first direct general elections since the independence of Pakistan and ultimately the only ones held prior to the independence o ...

but lost to

Manabendra Narayan Larma Manabendra Narayan Larma (15 September 1939 – 10 November 1983; also known by his initials M.N. Larma) was a Bangladeshi politician and member of parliament. A leading proponent of the rights of the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, he wa ...

, his close friend. He met the government of independent Bangladesh in December 1971 in a failed bid to secure constitutional safeguards for indigenous people of Bangladesh. He was a leader of the Chakma Jubak Samity.

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Living people Chakma people Bangladeshi Buddhists Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Bangladesh-bio-stub