Subimal Dewan (died 2 July 2009) was a

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social worker, development worker and politician. He was an advisor to President

Ziaur Rahman Ziaur Rahman (19 January 193630 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of t ...

on tribal affairs.

Early life

Dewan was born in 1916 at Chokpati Ghat in Juraichhari,

Rangamati Rangamati () is a town and the administrative headquarters of Rangamati District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The town is located at 22°37'60N 92°12'0E and has an elevation of above sea level. Demographics According to th ...

. His son Deepen Dewan is a district convener of the

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Career

Dewan was appointed as an advisor on Chittagong Hill Tract affairs to then President

in 1980. He was the president and central vice president of FPAB Rangamati District from 1977 to 1999. He was also the president of Rangamati Disability School and Bangladesh Special Olympics, Rangamati branch. For his outstanding contribution to the society, he received awards from Rangamati Hill District Council including National Social Welfare Award, Family Planning Association of Bangladesh Award.

Death

Dewan died on 2 July 2009.

References

1916 births 2009 deaths People from Rangamati District Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub