Prem Hari Barma (Bengali: প্রেমহরি বর্মন) was a Bengali politician, and former leader of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in Dinajpur, East Bengal.
Barma was born to a Hindu family in Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency. He was the first lawyer from a Scheduled Castes and Tribes background. In 1936, Barma was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly from Dinajpur. He became a minister at the Bengal Legislative Council in 1942. During the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he successfully won, representing the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in partnership with the Muslim League.[1] The following year, he became a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan.[2] He advocated for a secular constitution of Pakistan.[3]