Raja Bhuvan Mohan Roy (1876–1934) was the Chief of the Chakma Circle in the

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from 1897 until 1933.

Biography

He was born in 1876 to Raja Harish Chandra Rai Bahadur, Chief of the Chakma Circle. After the death of his father in 1885, the

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assumed the administration of the estate and the Chakma Circle, Bhuvan Mohan being a minor. Bhuvan Mohan Roy was installed as Chief of the Chakma Circle on 7 May 1897, in recognition of which he received the personal title of Raja. In 1898, he established a Buddhist monastery, Sonaichari Rajvihar, at Sonaichari in what is now

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. Dashabal Raj Bouddha Vihar was also established under his patronage. He attended the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. James Philip Mills, an

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officer tasked in 1926–1927 with investigating how the Bengal Government could best use the

Chiefs in the administration, wrote of him: His son, Nalinaksha Roy, took over his duties from 16 July 1933. Bhuvan Mohan Roy died in 1934.

References

{{Reflist Chakma Royal Family Chakma people Buddhist monarchs Bangladeshi Buddhists 1876 births 1934 deaths Place of birth missing