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Manabendra Narayan Larma

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CHT Political Leader

Manabendra Narayan Larma is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.

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Biography

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Context

In the context of Early post-independence debates on constitutional recognition and autonomy in the Chittagong Hill Tracts., Manabendra Narayan Larma is recognized as CHT Political Leader. Manabendra Narayan Larma is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.

Contribution

Manabendra Narayan Larma is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.

Impact

Their role helps explain how power, institutions, or ideas shifted during this period.

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Timeline Placement

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Manabendra Narayan Larma appears in 3 linked timeline events, spanning 1972 - 1997.

First Appearance

1972

Latest Appearance

1997

Active Span

1972 - 1997

Linked Events

Legacy Summary

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Their role helps explain how power, institutions, or ideas shifted during this period. This influence is reflected across 3 connected events.

References

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Key sources for understanding this figure

A History of Bangladesh

A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.

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Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971: Narratives, Impacts and the Actors

Useful for competing narratives, impacts, and the political memory of 1971.

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Bangladesh since independence

A concise overview of Bangladesh's immediate post-1971 political transition, including Mujib's return and the early constitutional order.

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Bangladesh under Mujib, Zia, and Ershad

A wider political history that includes the Ershad era and the democratic crisis leading to 1990.

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Bangladesh: Quest for Freedom and Justice

Kamal Hossain's memoir traces liberation, constitution-making, democracy, and the justice question.

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Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord (Full Text)

Full text of the 1997 peace accord via UN peacemaking repository.

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Related Events

1972

State Formation and the 1972 Constitution

1976-1997

Shanti Bahini Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

1997

Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord

Related Places

Bengal Region

Chittagong Hill Tracts

Appears In Events

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Timeline View

1972

State Formation and the 1972 Constitution

In 1972, Bangladesh moved from wartime victory to the difficult work of state formation. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned in January to lead the new government, the Constituent Assembly began work in April, and the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was adopted on 4 November before taking effect on 16 December. The year linked liberation to institution-building through parliamentary government, fundamental rights, and the four state principles of nationalism, socialism, democracy, and secularism.

1976-1997

Shanti Bahini Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

From early 1976 onward, armed conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts intensified between state forces and the PCJSS's armed wing, Shanti Bahini, around autonomy, land, and political recognition demands. The conflict caused long-term insecurity and displacement before a formal peace accord was signed on 2 December 1997.

1997

Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord

On 2 December 1997, the Government of Bangladesh and PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. The accord ended large-scale insurgency under the Shanti Bahini framework, introduced institutional commitments on autonomy and land issues, and began a long implementation process.