Po Dharma (9 October 1948–22 February 2019) was an activist of Vietnam. He was also a Cham cultural historian. Po Dharma was a

Cham Cham or CHAM may refer to: Ethnicities and languages *Chams, people in Vietnam and Cambodia **Cham language, the language of the Cham people ***Cham script *** Cham (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script *Cham Albania ...

, his birth name is Quảng Văn Đủ. He was born in Chất Thường Village (

: Palei Baoh Dana), Ninh Phước District, Ninh Thuận Province. He was one of

FULRO The United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (FULRO; french: Front unifié de lutte des races opprimées, vi, Mặt trận Thống nhất Đấu tranh của các Sắc tộc bị Áp bức) was an organization whose objective was auton ...

leaders during

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

. In December 1970, he was seriously injured on the battlefield of Kampong Cham against the

North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...

ese communist forces. Later, he quit his military career after seeking the permission of

Les Kosem Les Kosem ( km, កូសេម ឡេស ), also known by the ''nom de guerre'' "Po Nagar", was a Cham (Asia), Cham military officer and a prominent figure in the Second Indochina War and the Cambodian Civil War. Kosem, a paratroop colonel, w ...

, and went to France. He obtained

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in 1978,

master degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in 1980, and PhD in 1986. His research was mainly about Champa history and Cham cultures. Po Dharma and his family were not allowed to return to Vietnam. Po Dharma died in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

on 22 February 2019.In Memoriam Pho Dharma Quang
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External links

Po Dharma - WorldCat Identities
{{Authority control 1948 births 2019 deaths People from Ninh Thuận province Vietnamese Cham people People of the Vietnam War Vietnamese anti-communists Vietnamese dissidents Vietnamese expatriates in France 20th-century French historians Historians of Vietnam