Dhiraj Kumar Nath

Dhiraj Kumar Nath (9 January 1945 – 5 January 2018^[2]) was a Bangladeshi civil servant. He was named as an advisor of the interim caretaker government of Bangladesh in October 2006.^[3][4][5]

Dhiraj Kumar Nath
ধীরাজ কুমার নাথ
Minister of Liberation War Affairs
In office 26 October 2006 – 11 January 2007
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia Iajuddin Ahmed (acting)
Preceded by	Redwan Ahmed
Succeeded by	M. A. Matin
Personal details
Born	(1945-01-09)9 January 1945 Begumganj, Bengal, British India
Died	5 January 2018(2018-01-05) (aged 72)[1] Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Chaumuhani Modonmohan High School University of Dhaka
Occupation	Diplomat

Education and career

Nath was born in the Rafiqpur village of Begumganj thana of Noakhali district.^[6] His father was the late Karuna Kanta Nath and mother the late Shabitri Sundari Debi.

He received a post-graduate degree from Dhaka University. He joined the East Pakistan Civil Service in 1969.^[6] He took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.^[6] After the independence of Bangladesh he worked as the Mohokuma Proshashak (Sub-Divisional Officer) in Gazipur in 1978. He was the Additional Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry and Secretary of Rural Development, and Cooperative Division, from which he retired in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

He was nominated as one of the advisers of the caretaker government along with nine other members.^[3]

Nath also wrote some books, of which the famous ones are Pother Dudharay and Shompritir Jonopoday.^{[citation needed]}