Raja Tridiv Roy (Urdu: راجہ تری دیو رائے‎; Bengali: ত্রিদিব রায়; sometimes spelled Tridev Roy, (14 May 1933 – 17 September 2012)[1] was the Pakistani politician, diplomat and writer who was the Minister of the Minority Affairs in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto cabinet. He was also the 50th Raja of the Chakma tribe in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of present-day Bangladesh from 2 May 1953, until his abdication in 1971 following the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2][3] He chose to remain a Pakistani when Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971.[4] He became known as a writer, diplomat, Buddhist religious leader and politician in Pakistan.[5][2]