He was an advisor to President Ziaur Rahman on tribal affairs.
[1][2] Dewan was born in 1916 at Chokpati Ghat in Juraichhari, Rangamati.
[citation needed] His son Deepen Dewan is a district convener of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
[3] Dewan was appointed as an advisor on Chittagong Hill Tract affairs to then President Ziaur Rahman in 1980.
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