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Chittaranjan Sutar (23 March 1928 - 27 November 2002[1]) is a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of Parliament of Bangladesh from Bakerganj-14 (now Pirojpur-1).[2][3]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Suttar was an Awami League politician, he was sent to India to act as liaison between the Government of India and the Mujibnagar government during the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was based in Kolkata.[4][5] He fled Bangladesh after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 to Dhaka, Bangladesh. He became the leader of the Bangabhumi Movement.[2] He has been accused by the Bangladesh Rifles Director General, Major General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury of leading Bir Banga, an insurgent group.[6][7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. রাজনীতির রহস্যপুরুষ চিত্তরঞ্জন সুতার. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 19 May 2020 suggested (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pakistan Horizon. Pakistan Institute of International Affairs. 1993. p. 98.
  3. Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (October 1976). Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. "Reflections on the Liberation War". The Daily Star. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  5. Bhaumik, Subir (2009-12-10). Troubled Periphery: The Crisis of India's North East. SAGE Publications India. p. 164. ISBN 978-81-321-0479-7.
  6. "Over 90 rebel camps in India active against Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  7. "BDR, BSF agree to bust camps". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2017-10-31.