Kuki Chin National Front or KNF, a hill armed organization involved in the conflict against the Bangladesh Army in the hill district of Bandarban, is a name of terror to the countrymen. The organization has again come into the discussion by looting three banks in Ruma and Thanchi. The KNF is a source of terror to all men, hill or plain; one name of panic is the founder of the organization, Nathan Bom. Netizens are searching for Nathan Bom on the search engine Google.
Who is this Nathan Bom?
In the hill or in the plains, he had a steady walk everywhere. Nathan Bom is a son of a poor family of Edenpara of Ruma Sadar Union No. 2 of Ruma Upazila of Bandarban District.
Full name Nathan Lancheo Bom. He was born in 1980. Father's name is deceased Jaotan Loncheor Bom. Mother's name is late Raukil Bom. Father's occupation is jumchas, mother's occupation is housewife. Nathan is the youngest among five brothers and one sister.
In personal life he is married. Nathan Bom's wife is Lelsom Kim Bom. They got married in 2009. Lelsomkim's house is in Edenpara. The Nathan couple are parents of two children.
The eldest son, a 15-year-old scholar, studied at his uncle's house in India. Mama lives in Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram. Younger son Skandi Bom is 5 years old, enrolled in primary school in a local school.
Lelsom Kim Bum bears the expenses of the family. Nathan Bom's wife is a government employee. Currently she is working as a nurse at Ruma Upazila Health Complex. Nathan Bom's house is now occupied by his wife, young son and wife's elder sister and her family.
Educational career of Nathan Bom
Nathan Bom moved to the capital Dhaka after passing SSC from Bandarban. He went there and enrolled in higher secondary education at Dhaka College, a renowned traditional educational institution of the country. He passed HSC from there.
In 1996, he passed his master's degree from the Fine Arts Department of Dhaka University. He was the first among the Bom community to receive a degree from Dhaka University. Although he had the opportunity to study English literature in two Universities of the country, he enrolled in Dhaka University because he wanted to study painting. At that time, Santu Larma took charge of Nathan Bom's education due to his joining Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), the student body of Santu’s Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS).
The Organizational Life of Nathan Bom
Nathan Bom was involved in Pahari Chhatra Parishad during his student life. He was also an active member of the Dhaka Metropolitan Branch and Central Committee of Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), the student organization of Chittagong Hill Tracts Janahati Samiti (JSS). Later he joined the Jana Sanghati Samiti.
In 2008, Nathan Bom founded an NGO called Kuki-Chin National Development Organization (KNDO) in Eden neighborhood of Ruma. KND also carried out philanthropic activities including greening of vast forest areas in the hills, conservation of animals and birds and natural beauty. Office of the NGO in Ruma Edenpara. There is also a library. The library was inaugurated by the army. Now it is abandoned.
Then he formed the organization, initially the name of the organization was Kuki-Chin National Volunteers. Initially they conducted peaceful programs and developed relations with separatists in India's Manipur and Burma's Chin states. From there, the armed wing of the KNF was formed, the full form of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF).
This non-political organization took the form of a political organization after the creation of an armed wing in 2017. Later the name of the organization was also changed from Kuki-Chin National Development Organization (KNDO) to Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF). However, from May 2022, their activities came to light.
Nathan Bom formed the armed organization with some members of the Bom ethnic group originally from Santu Larma's JSS. That is why it is also known as Bom Army. However, KNF claims that they represent six ethnic groups of Rangamati and Bandarban regions. They are Bom, Pankhwaa, Lusai, Khiang, Mro and Khumi. Baghaichhari, Barkal, Jurachhari and Bilaichhari of Rangamati inhabited by these six castes and Rowangchhari, Ruma, Thanchi, Lama and Alikadam of Bandarban will be formed into a separate state.
Artwork by Nathan Bom
In 1997, after the hill peace agreement, MN Larma built a sculpture at Larma Square in Mahajanpara area of Khagrachari along with fellow artist Nimmi Dewan. At that time he was associated with Hill Artist Group. The bust of Larma by Nathans was inaugurated in 2000. After that his fame as an artist increased. He started writing.
In 2015, he practiced art in art centers and art schools in Europe. He obtained diplomas with certificates from several art institutes including the Netherlands. He was also awarded in art contests organized by various European countries when he developed relationships with painters from different countries of the world.
Literary works of Nathan Bom
Nathan Bom is the first historian and ethnographer of the Bom people.
In 2002, Bom founded the literary organization 'Bam Literature Forum' (BLF) for the preservation and practice of the literature of the Bom community. He published a book called 'The Bomjou' on the identity of Kuki-Chinese ethnic groups.
Details of participation and assets in parliamentary elections
Nathan also wanted to participate in the national parliament elections held in 2018. After the cancellation of the nomination paper, he did not participate in the election. On November 28, 2018, Nathan Bom submitted an affidavit to the local election office. In the affidavit at that election, Nathan Lonche also listed Bom's occupation as, 'Painter and author of works painted and published. Sales and Manufacturing'. The income from that profession is Tk. six lakh.
He and his wife have mentioned Tk. three lakh in their name as movable assets. He mentioned the amount of money deposited in banks and financial institutions as two lakhs in his own name and four lakhs in the name of his wife. 'Ornaments made of gold and other precious metals and stones' mentioned Tk. five lakhs in his name and two lakhs in the name of his wife. Electronic goods and furniture mentioned in his own name one lakh and two lakh taka respectively.
The cells designated for mentioning agriculture sector, business, shares, savings paper or bank deposits, employment and other subjects were left blank.
In the column of movable assets, the amount of investments in bonds, debentures, shares of companies listed and not listed in the stock exchange, postal, savings certificates and various types of savings certificates or fixed deposits, 'Details of buses, trucks, automobiles and motorcycles etc.', and others were left blank.
And among immovable assets, agricultural land in own name of Tk. three lakh, non-agricultural land Tk. four lakh, building Tk. seven lakh, house or apartment Tk. three lakh the financial value of the period of acquisition has been mentioned. Apart from this, the houses of tea plantations, rubber plantations, fish farms etc. are left empty. At the same time, there was nothing written in 'name of wife/father', 'name of dependent', 'joint ownership houses'.
Advisor to Nathan Bom
Advisor to KNF chief Nathan Bom is Lal Anglian Bom. He currently resides in Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram, India.