Chitta Ranjan Dutta

Major General
Chitta Ranjan Dutta
Bir Uttam
Major General Chitta Ranjan Dutta Bir Uttam
চিত্তরঞ্জন দত্ত
1st Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
	In office; 31 July 1972 – 21 February 1974
Succeeded by	Mohammad Khalilur Rahman
Personal details
Born	1 January 1929; Shillong, Assam, British India
Died	26 August 2020 (aged 91); Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Awards	Bir Uttom
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)(1952-1971); East Bengal Regiment (1971-1974)
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), 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.

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