Activists from Manipur

Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972), also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one") is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur. On 5 November 2000, she began a hunger strike for the abolition of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 that applies to the seven states and grants security forces the power to search properties without a warrant, and to arrest people, and to use deadly force if there is "reasonable suspicion" that a person is acting against the state. She ended the fast on 9 August 2016, after 16 years of fasting. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks (she was nasally force fed in jail), she has been called "the world's longest hunger striker". On International Women's Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.

Licypriya Kangujam (born 2 October 2011) is a child environmental activist from India. She is one of the youngest climate activists globally. She addressed world leaders at the United Nations Climate Conference 2019 (COP25) in Madrid, Spain asking them to take immediate climate actions. Licypriya's has been campaigning for climate action in India for two years to pass new laws to curb India's high pollution levels and to make climate change literacy mandatory in schools.

Kishorechandra Wangkhem is an Indian journalist based in the north eastern state of Manipur. He is associated with a cable TV network.

Yaronsho Ngalung (born 21, January 1978) is a social activist, scholar and a politician from the Tangkhul Naga tribe in the state of Manipur, India. He hails from Ringui Ramhon village situated 30 kilometers south west of Ukhrul district headquarters. As of 2015 he was the sitting Chairman of the recently re-organised Autonomous District Council (ADC): elected from 15 DCC Ringui. Constituency.

Meira Paibi (Women torch bearers) is a women's social movement in the Indian state of Manipur. Referred to as the "guardians of civil society", Meira Paibi dates to 1977 in present Kakching district. It derives its name from the flaming torches which the women carry while marching through city streets, often at night. They do so both as a patrol, and in protest, seeking redress against human rights violations committed by paramilitary and armed forces units against the innocent. Contextualized, Meira Paibi was founded at a time when the people of Manipur were fighting for self-determination, political autonomy, and independence.

Angellica Aribam (born 22 January 1992) is an Indian political activist working on issues of gender, race, and the democratization of politics. She is the founder of Femme First Foundation, a non-govt organization working to amplify women's political leadership in India . Aribam was also a National General Secretary of the National Students' Union of India, the students' wing of the Indian National Congress.