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Bangladesh: Fire Destroys Chakma King's Palace

Written byRezwan
Posted 12 November 2010 15 years ago

Wasfia Nazreen at Unheard Voices reports that the Royal Palace of Chakma Circle Chief, Raja Devasish Roy, was burnt to the ground last Wednesday. The Chakmas are an indigenous community that inhabits the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and the North-East region of India.

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