Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma (known as Shantu Larma; born 14 February 1944) is a Bangladeshi Chakma politician and one of the main leaders of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS).(27 January 2010)
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. Retrieved 1 November 2010 He also headed the Shanti Bahini

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until it was disarmed in 1997.(2 December 2009
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''. Retrieved 1 November 2010 He is the brother of late Chakma parliamentarian and PCJSS founder Manabendra Narayan Larma. He is also the president of Bangladesh Adivasi Forum (Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum) and Chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council.

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Living people Chakma people Bangladeshi Buddhists Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti politicians 1944 births Comilla Victoria Government College alumni People from Rangamati District {{Bangladesh-politician-stub