Irom Chanu Sharmila

Irom Chanu Sharmila

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  • Name:
  • Irom Chanu Sharmila
  • Born:
  • March 14, 1972

Irom Chanu Sharmila Biography

Irom Chanu Sharmila, better known as Irom Sharmila is a civil rights activist from Manipur, popular in news headlines for the hunger strike she started in the year 2000 against Indian government demanding complete repeal of the AFSPA from Manipur and other northeast states. She states that AFSPA is the cause of violence in north east states. She is regarded as one of the powerful Indian women in the recent times and most recently on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll. Started the hunger strike in 2000, she has completed 500 weeks and is regarded as world’s longest hunger striker. She has been arrested and released several times charging "attempts to commit suicide”. But she states that it’s non-violence principle of Mahatma Gandhi to fight against injustice. Every time she gets arrested nasogastric intubation was forced on her to keep her alive.

 

She was born in Imphal on 1972. She started her food strike following "Malom Massacre" on 2 November 2000, when 10 innocent civilians were shot dead by the Assam Rifles. She was only 28 then and she began fasting as sort of protest against this act. She continued fasting for next three days and when her health deteriorated, she was arrested and hospitalized. She was given nasogastric intubation by force and this process is continued till now even after 13 years! She demands government complete repeal of the AFSPA and by middle of the decade 2000s, this human rights activist became a national icon and her fame grew worldwide.

 

Till now she has been supported by many political parties and leaders like Anna Hazare and Mamata Banerjee as well as many social activists worldwide. She has also been honoured with many awards and honours globally and now she is regarded as "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi". This powerful lady is also a noted poet.

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Updated: March 17, 2014

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