The Post-Cremation Dana and Prayer Ceremony for the 5oth Chakma Raja, Raja Tridiv Roy, was held on 4 October, 2012 in the premises of the Rajbari, Rangamati, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Some photographs of the event, taken by Subrata Chakma, are uploaded. I hope to share a write-up about the highlights of the ceremony soon.
THE LATE RAJA TRIDIV ROY
Birth: Rangamati, 14 May, 1933
Marriage & Installation: Rangamati, 2 March, 1953
Passing Away: Islamabad, 17 September, 2013
FAMILY
Raja Tridiv Roy was born as the second child and first son of Raja Nalinaksha Roy & Rani Benita Roy. His siblings are: Rajkumari Amiti, Rajkumar Samit (who passed away in 2008), Rajkumari Moitri, Rajkumari Rajasree (Rakhi) and Rajkumar Nandit. Raja Nalinaksha was the 49th Chakma Raja and the son of Raja Bhuvan Mohan Roy and Rani Dayamoyi Roy. Rani Benita was the eldest daughter of barrister Saral Sen (son of Brahmananda Keshub Chandra Sen) of Kolkata. Raja Tridiv’s first wife is Rani Arati Roy. The children are Rajkumari Chandra, Raja Devasish, Rajkumar Sivasish, Rajkumar Indrasish and Rajkumari Triveni. His second rani (later divorced) was Rani Anjali (widowed from her second marriage). Their children are Chand and Rajkumari Piya. The third rani (later divorced) was Rani Martine (Quentric; since remarried). Rajkumar Padma Sambhava Gwenhale was their only issue.
CHAKMA RAJA
He functioned as the Chakma Raja or Chakma Chief from 1951 to 1971.
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The Chakma Raj family wishes to thank all concerned institutions, organizations, agencies, peoples, groups and individuals (Jummas, Bangalis and others) – governmental and non-governmental – for their expression of support, offers of cooperation, and goodwill, in relation to the cremation of the remains of the 50th Chakma Raja, Raja Tridiv Roy, in Rangamati, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
Despite such a cooperative atmosphere, and the expressed desire of friends, relatives and well-wishers from different parts of the CHT and other parts of Bangladesh, to participate in the cremation ceremony and/or otherwise pay their last respects to the memory of the departed Raja, the family, including the late Raja’s children who live abroad, in consultation with senior leaders of the CHT and other well-wishers from different parts of Bangladesh and elsewhere, have decided that the cremation ceremony takes place on Thursday, 27 September, 2012, in Islamabad, Pakistan, where the late Raja lived and passed away.
COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR ATTACK ON 20 MAY, 1991
The recent attacks in Rangamati town on Jumma or predominantly Jumma (Pahari/Indigenous) settlements were illegal and cowardly. They did not cause as much property damage as a strikingly similar attack on 20 May, 1990, when several Jumma students and others – including then PCP leader, Proshit Bikash Khisa – took shelter at Rajbari, Rangamati. In the case of injuries, I don’t know. Perhaps more this time.
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