Irom Chanu Sharmila
- January 6, 2024
- Poet
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Irom Chanu Sharmila Biography
| Name | Irom Chanu Sharmila |
| Birthday | Mar 14 |
| Birth Year | 1972 |
| Place Of Birth | Imphal |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Parents | Irom c Nanda, Irom Ongbi Sakhi |
| Siblings | Irom Singhjit Singh |
| Spouse | Desmond Anthony Bellarnine Coutinho |
Irom Chanu Sharmila is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on March 14, 1972 in Imphal, India. Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972), also known as the “Iron Lady” 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 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.
Sharmila was awarded the 2007 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, which is given to “an outstanding person or group, active in the promotion and advocacy of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights”. She shared the award with Lenin Raghuvanshi of People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights, a northeastern Indian human rights organisation.
In 2010, she won a lifetime achievement award from the Asian Human Rights Commission. Later that year, she won the Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize of the Indian Institute of Planning and Management, which came with a cash award of 5,100,000 rupees, and the Sarva Gunah Sampannah “Award for Peace and Harmony” from the Signature Training Centre.
In 2011 the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) was launched to highlight Sharmila’s struggle and in December 2011, Pune University announced a scholarship program for 39 female Manipuri students to take degree courses in honour of Irom Sharmila Chanu’s 39 years of age.
By 2004, Sharmila had become an “icon of public resistance.” Following her procedural release on 2 October 2006 Sharmila went to Raj Ghat, New Delhi, which she said was “to pay floral tribute to my ideal, Mahatma Gandhi.” Later that evening, Sharmila headed for Jantar Mantar for a protest demonstration where she was joined by students, human rights activists and other concerned citizens. On 6 October, she was re-arrested by the Delhi police for attempting suicide and was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where she wrote letters to the Prime Minister, the President, and the Home Minister. At this time, she met and won the support of Nobel-laureate Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel Laureate and human rights activist, who promised to take up Sharmila’s cause at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Irom Chanu Sharmila Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Irom Chanu Sharmila is one of the richest Poet from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Irom Chanu Sharmila 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She was already involved in local peace movements with regard to human rights abuses in Manipur when, on 2 November 2000, in Malom, a town in the Imphal Valley of Manipur, ten civilians were shot and killed while waiting at a bus stop. The incident, known as the “Malom Massacre”, was allegedly committed by the Assam Rifles, one of the Indian Paramilitary forces operating in the state. The victims included Leisangbam Ibetombi, a 62-year-old woman, and 18 -year-old Sinam Chandramani, a 1988 National Bravery Award winner.
Sharmila grew up and lives in Manipur, one of the Seven Sister States in India’s northeast, which has suffered from an insurgency for decades; from 2005 to 2015 about 5,500 people died from political violence. In 1958, the Indian government passed a law, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 that applies to just 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; a similar Act applies to Jammu and Kashmir.
In 2009, she was awarded the first Mayillama Award of the Mayilamma Foundation “for achievement of her nonviolent struggle in Manipur”.
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Who is Irom Chanu Sharmila Dating?
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In 2013 Amnesty International declared her a Prisoner of conscience, and said she “is being held solely for a peaceful expression of her beliefs.” The influence made by Irom Sharmila is often considered as powerful as the influences by personalities in the past and present.
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Irom Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Irom Chanu Sharmila celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.
In October 2016, she launched a political party named Peoples’ Resurgence and Justice Alliance to contest two Assembly constituencies of Khurai and Khangabok. Khangabok is the home constituency of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. In the 2017 elections, the winner in Thoubal, Ibobi Singh, received 18,649 and Sharmilla received 90 votes; the fewest of the five candidates.
How did Irom Chanu Sharmila survive?
If she was force-fed through her nose, she reasoned, she was holding to her promise not to eat until Afspa was repealed. And so, several times a day for the next 16 years, Sharmila was kept alive by a mash of nutrients and water pumped through a a three-feet tube between her nose and stomach.
What did Irom Chanu Sharmila do?
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.
Who did longest fast?
Record. In the 1971 edition of The Guinness Book of Records, Barbieri’s 382-day fast was recognized as the longest recorded. In 1973, Dennis Galer Goodwin went on a hunger strike for 385 days, but he was force-fed during this period.
Can you drink water on a hunger strike?
Can I drink water during a hunger strike? Yes, please drink water! You can become dehydrated more easily when you aren’t eating, so make sure to drink plenty of water.
Who is called Iron Lady of India?
Indira Gandhi
Born| Indira Priyadarshini Nehru19 November 1917 Allahabad, United Provinces
of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Prayagraj, India)
Died| 31 October 1984 (aged 66) New Delhi, India
Monuments| Shakti sthal
Cause of death| Assassination (Ballistic trauma)