Chitta Ranjan Dutta

Major General Chitta Ranjan Dutta Bir Uttam
চিত্তরঞ্জন দত্ত
1st Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
In office 31 July 1972 – 21 February 1974
President	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Mohammad Mohammadullah
Prime Minister	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded by	Mohammad Khalilur Rahman
Personal details
Born	(1929-01-01)1 January 1929 Shillong, Assam, British India
Died	26 August 2020(2020-08-26) (aged 91) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Awards	Bir Uttom[1]
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh  Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch/service	Pakistan Army  Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Rifles
Years of service	1952-1974
Rank	Major General
Unit	Wilde's Rifles(PIF) East Bengal Regiment
Commands	Director General of BGB Commander of 72nd Independent Infantry Brigade Commander of Sector – IV
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Bangladesh Liberation War

Chitta Ranjan Dutta Bir Uttom (1 January 1929 – 26 August 2020),^[2] also known as C R Dutta, was a Bangladeshi war hero who served as major-general of the Bangladesh Army. He was a key sector commander of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War. After independence, he served as the armed forces commander in Rangpur and later went on to become the first director-general of the Bangladesh Rifles (present-day Border Guards Bangladesh) in 1973.

Dutta was a prominent minority rights advocate in Bangladesh. He was also the president of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.