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Indian civil rights activist

In this Meitei name, the family name is Irom and the given name is Sharmila. "Chanu" is a name suffix.

Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972), also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one")^[1] is an Indian civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India.

In November 2000, she began a hunger strike for abolishing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.

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After 16 years, she ended her fast in 2016, after being nasally force-fed for over 500 weeks in custody. Therefore, she has been viewed as the world's longest hunger striker. Amnesty International has declared her as a prisoner of conscience.

Early life

Born on 14 March 1972 in Imphal^[2] to Nanda who worked as an attendant in the state veterinary hospital, and Sakhi, a housewife.

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