"He was vocal not only for the hill tracts people but also all the farmers and labourers. If the new generation could be inspired by his ideology, the youth would feel for the marginalised communities,"
- Sultana Kamal

Manabendra Narayan Larma was born on September 15, 1939. He is also known as M.N. Larma, was a Jumma Chakma politician and Member of Parliament of Bangladesh. A leading proponent of the rights of the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, he was the founding leader of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (United People's Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts) and its armed wing, the Shanti Bahini.