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	\| name = Irom Chanu Sharmila (Iron Lady)		\| name =Irom Chanu Sharmila (Iron Lady)
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	\| caption = Irom Sharmila at a reception given by [[Solidarity Youth Movement]] to her in [[Kozhikode]]		\| caption = Irom Sharmila at a reception given by [[Solidarity Youth Movement]] to her in [[Kozhikode]]
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	'''Irom Chanu Sharmila''' (born 14 March 1972),<ref>{{Cite book\|title = Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur\|last = Mehrotra\|first = Deepti Priya\|publisher = Penguin Books India\|year = 2012\|isbn = 9788184751536\|chapter = The Making of an Activist}}</ref> also known as the "'''Iron Lady of Manipur'''"<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://dbvideos.divyabhaskar.co.in/trending/27581 \| title=Iron Lady of Manipur \| publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] \| date=10 August 2016 \| access-date=10 August 2016 \| url-status=live \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814183049/http://dbvideos.divyabhaskar.co.in/trending/27581 \| archive-date=14 August 2016}}</ref> or "'''Mengoubi'''" ("the fair one")<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.sinlung.com/2011/04/spot-difference-hazare-vs-irom-sharmila.html \|title=Spot the Difference: Hazare vs. Irom Sharmila \|first=Rituparna \|last=Chatterjee \|date=20 April 2011 \|publisher=Sinlung \|access-date=30 April 2011 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809045748/http://www.sinlung.com/2011/04/spot-difference-hazare-vs-irom-sharmila.html \|archive-date=9 August 2011 }}</ref> is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of [[Manipur]], which is located on the north-eastern side of India. On 5 November 2000,<ref name="Bagchi"/> she began a [[hunger strike]] in favour of abolishing the [[Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act\|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 long 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".<ref name="Independent"/> On International Women's Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.<ref name="in.msn">{{cite web\|url=http://news.in.msn.com/gallery/irom-sharmila-is-top-woman-icon-msn-poll\|title=Irom Sharmila is top woman icon: MSN poll\|date=11 March 2014\|publisher=MSN\|access-date=17 April 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316230656/http://news.in.msn.com/gallery/irom-sharmila-is-top-woman-icon-msn-poll\|archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="sevensistersproject">{{cite web \|url=http://sevensistersproject.org/2014/03/20/irom-sharmila-voted-msn-polls-top-woman-icon-india/\|title=Irom Sharmila voted MSN poll's Top Woman Icon in India.\|date=20 March 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321045821/http://sevensistersproject.org/2014/03/20/irom-sharmila-voted-msn-polls-top-woman-icon-india/\|archive-date=21 March 2014\|publisher=Seven Sisters Project\|access-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>		'''Irom Chanu Sharmila''' (born 14 March 1972),<ref>{{Cite book\|title = Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur\|last = Mehrotra\|first = Deepti Priya\|publisher = Penguin Books India\|year = 2012\|isbn = 9788184751536\|chapter = The Making of an Activist}}</ref> also known as the "'''Iron Lady of Manipur'''"<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://dbvideos.divyabhaskar.co.in/trending/27581 \| title=Iron Lady of Manipur \| publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] \| date=10 August 2016 \| access-date=10 August 2016 \| url-status=live \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814183049/http://dbvideos.divyabhaskar.co.in/trending/27581 \| archive-date=14 August 2016}}</ref> or "'''Mengoubi'''" ("the fair one")<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.sinlung.com/2011/04/spot-difference-hazare-vs-irom-sharmila.html \|title=Spot the Difference: Hazare vs. Irom Sharmila \|first=Rituparna \|last=Chatterjee \|date=20 April 2011 \|publisher=Sinlung \|access-date=30 April 2011 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809045748/http://www.sinlung.com/2011/04/spot-difference-hazare-vs-irom-sharmila.html \|archive-date=9 August 2011 }}</ref> 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. On 5 November 2000,<ref name="Bagchi"/> she began a [[hunger strike]] in favour of abolishing the [[Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act\|Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958]] that applies to the seven states and grants [[Indian armed 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 long 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".<ref name="Independent"/> On International Women's Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.<ref name="in.msn">{{cite web\|url=http://news.in.msn.com/gallery/irom-sharmila-is-top-woman-icon-msn-poll\|title=Irom Sharmila is top woman icon: MSN poll\|date=11 March 2014\|publisher=MSN\|access-date=17 April 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316230656/http://news.in.msn.com/gallery/irom-sharmila-is-top-woman-icon-msn-poll\|archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="sevensistersproject">{{cite web \|url=http://sevensistersproject.org/2014/03/20/irom-sharmila-voted-msn-polls-top-woman-icon-india/\|title=Irom Sharmila voted MSN poll's Top Woman Icon in India.\|date=20 March 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321045821/http://sevensistersproject.org/2014/03/20/irom-sharmila-voted-msn-polls-top-woman-icon-india/\|archive-date=21 March 2014\|publisher=Seven Sisters Project\|access-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>

	In 2014 two parties asked her to stand in the national election, but she declined. She was then denied the right to vote as a person confined in jail cannot vote according to law.<ref name="zeenews17">{{cite web \|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur_925192.html \|title=Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur \|date=17 April 2014 \|publisher=Zee News \|access-date=17 April 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419013220/http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur_925192.html \|archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="toi14">{{cite web \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Irom-Sharmila-Chanus-moral-support-to-AAP/articleshow/31966344.cms \|title=Irom Sharmila Chanu's moral support to AAP \|date=14 March 2014 \|work=The Times of India\|access-date=17 April 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406182023/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Irom-Sharmila-Chanus-moral-support-to-AAP/articleshow/31966344.cms \|archive-date=6 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="bs17">{{cite web \|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur-114041700569_1.html \|title=Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur EC official says Under Section 62 (5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, a person confined in jail cannot vote \|work=Business Standard\|access-date=17 April 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012001/http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur-114041700569_1.html \|archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref> On 19 August 2014 a court ordered her release from [[Arrest\|custody]], subject to there being no other grounds for [[Detention (imprisonment)\|detention]]. She was re-arrested on 22 August 2014 on similar charges to those for which she was acquitted, and remanded in judicial custody for 15 days.<ref name="ToIAug2014">{{cite news\|title=Irom Chanu Sharmila charged with attempted suicide, sent to judicial custody again\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Irom-Chanu-Sharmila-charged-with-attempted-suicide-sent-to-judicial-custody-again/articleshow/40709338.cms\|access-date=22 August 2014\|work=The Times of India\|date=22 August 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823082444/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Irom-Chanu-Sharmila-charged-with-attempted-suicide-sent-to-judicial-custody-again/articleshow/40709338.cms\|archive-date=23 August 2014}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] has declared her as a [[prisoner of conscience]].		In 2014 two parties asked her to stand in the national election, but she declined. She was then denied the right to vote as a person confined in jail cannot vote according to law.<ref name="zeenews17">{{cite web \|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur_925192.html \|title=Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur \|date=17 April 2014 \|publisher=Zee News \|access-date=17 April 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419013220/http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur_925192.html \|archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="toi14">{{cite web \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Irom-Sharmila-Chanus-moral-support-to-AAP/articleshow/31966344.cms \|title=Irom Sharmila Chanu's moral support to AAP \|date=14 March 2014 \|work=The Times of India\|access-date=17 April 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406182023/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Irom-Sharmila-Chanus-moral-support-to-AAP/articleshow/31966344.cms \|archive-date=6 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="bs17">{{cite web \|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur-114041700569_1.html \|title=Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur EC official says Under Section 62 (5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, a person confined in jail cannot vote \|work=Business Standard\|access-date=17 April 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012001/http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/irom-sharmila-not-allowed-to-vote-in-manipur-114041700569_1.html \|archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref> On 19 August 2014 a court ordered her release from [[Arrest\|custody]], subject to there being no other grounds for [[Detention (imprisonment)\|detention]]. She was re-arrested on 22 August 2014 on similar charges to those for which she was acquitted, and remanded in judicial custody for 15 days.<ref name="ToIAug2014">{{cite news\|title=Irom Chanu Sharmila charged with attempted suicide, sent to judicial custody again\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Irom-Chanu-Sharmila-charged-with-attempted-suicide-sent-to-judicial-custody-again/articleshow/40709338.cms\|access-date=22 August 2014\|work=The Times of India\|date=22 August 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823082444/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Irom-Chanu-Sharmila-charged-with-attempted-suicide-sent-to-judicial-custody-again/articleshow/40709338.cms\|archive-date=23 August 2014}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] has declared her as a [[prisoner of conscience]].
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	In September 2011, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]] (CPI ML) openly stated its support for her and for repeal of AFSPA, calling for nationwide agitation.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://kanglaonline.com/2011/09/cpi-ml-to-show-solidarity-to-sharmila-with-nationwide-agitation/ \|title=CPI (ML) to show solidarity to Sharmila with nation-wide agitation \|date=29 September 2011 \|newspaper=Imphal Free Press via Kanglaonline \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Bbeh4l5O?url=http://kanglaonline.com/2011/09/cpi-ml-to-show-solidarity-to-sharmila-with-nationwide-agitation/ \|access-date=21 October 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		In September 2011, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]] (CPI ML) openly stated its support for her and for repeal of AFSPA, calling for nationwide agitation.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://kanglaonline.com/2011/09/cpi-ml-to-show-solidarity-to-sharmila-with-nationwide-agitation/ \|title=CPI (ML) to show solidarity to Sharmila with nation-wide agitation \|date=29 September 2011 \|newspaper=Imphal Free Press via Kanglaonline \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Bbeh4l5O?url=http://kanglaonline.com/2011/09/cpi-ml-to-show-solidarity-to-sharmila-with-nationwide-agitation/ \|access-date=21 October 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	Following that in October 2011, the Manipur Pradesh [[All India Trinamool Congress]] announced their support for Sharmila and called on party chief [[Mamata Banerjee]] to help repeal the AFSPA.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-17/india/30289358_1_sharmila-chanu-afspa-full-support \|title=Mamata's help sought for raising voice against AFSPA \|date=17 October 2011 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Bbcd7nSj?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-17/india/30289358_1_sharmila-chanu-afspa-full-support \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ~~The In~~ November, at the end of the eleventh year of her fast, Sharmila again called on Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] to repeal the law.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-04/guwahati/30358807_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-jawaharlal-nehru-institute-prime-minister \|title=PM should realize I am struggling for people: Irom \|date=4 November 2011 \|agency=Times News Network \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Bbezm2kh?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-04/guwahati/30358807_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-jawaharlal-nehru-institute-prime-minister \|access-date=21 October 2012 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref> On 3 November 100 women formed a human chain in [[Ambari]] to show support for Sharmila, while other civil society groups staged a 24-hour fast in a show of solidarity.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-03/guwahati/30354514_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-military-act-village-near-imphal-airport \|agency=Times News Network \|title=Civil society groups in state back Irom's cause \|date=3 November 2011 \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BbfEeXhs?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-03/guwahati/30354514_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-military-act-village-near-imphal-airport \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		Following that in October 2011, the Manipur Pradesh [[All India Trinamool Congress]] announced their support for Sharmila and called on party chief [[Mamata Banerjee]] to help repeal the AFSPA.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-17/india/30289358_1_sharmila-chanu-afspa-full-support \|title=Mamata's help sought for raising voice against AFSPA \|date=17 October 2011 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Bbcd7nSj?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-17/india/30289358_1_sharmila-chanu-afspa-full-support \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Then in November, at the end of the eleventh year of her fast, Sharmila again called on Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] to repeal the law.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-04/guwahati/30358807_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-jawaharlal-nehru-institute-prime-minister \|title=PM should realize I am struggling for people: Irom \|date=4 November 2011 \|agency=Times News Network \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Bbezm2kh?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-04/guwahati/30358807_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-jawaharlal-nehru-institute-prime-minister \|access-date=21 October 2012 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref> On 3 November 100 women formed a human chain in [[Ambari]] to show support for Sharmila, while other civil society groups staged a 24-hour fast in a show of solidarity.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-03/guwahati/30354514_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-military-act-village-near-imphal-airport \|agency=Times News Network \|title=Civil society groups in state back Irom's cause \|date=3 November 2011 \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BbfEeXhs?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-03/guwahati/30354514_1_irom-sharmila-chanu-military-act-village-near-imphal-airport \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	In 2011 the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) was launched to highlight Sharmila's struggle<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/save-sharmila-solidarity-campaign-launched/article2506988.ece Staff, The Hindu. Updated 3 October 2011] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108092911/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/save-sharmila-solidarity-campaign-launched/article2506988.ece \|date=8 November 2012 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-10/guwahati/30501580_1_girl-students-sharmila-scholarship \|title=Scholarship for Manipuri girl students in Sharmila's honour \|date=10 December 2011 \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BbfZ4lpi?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-10/guwahati/30501580_1_girl-students-sharmila-scholarship \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		In 2011 the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) was launched to highlight Sharmila's struggle<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/save-sharmila-solidarity-campaign-launched/article2506988.ece Staff, The Hindu. Updated 3 October 2011] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108092911/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/save-sharmila-solidarity-campaign-launched/article2506988.ece \|date=8 November 2012 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-10/guwahati/30501580_1_girl-students-sharmila-scholarship \|title=Scholarship for Manipuri girl students in Sharmila's honour \|date=10 December 2011 \|archive-date=22 October 2012 \|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BbfZ4lpi?url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-10/guwahati/30501580_1_girl-students-sharmila-scholarship \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	She ~~has~~ only met her mother once ~~since the start of~~ the fast as seeing her mother's anguish ~~may break~~ her resolve. She said "The day AFSPA is repealed I will eat rice from my mother's hand."<ref>{{cite journal\|title=A Life-Affirming Fast\|journal=Economic & Political Weekly\|date=23 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=Sarkar>{{cite journal\|last1=Sarkar\|first1=S.\|title=The Iron Lady of Manipur\|journal=Indian Journal of Gender Studies\|date=18 January 2013\|volume=20\|issue=1\|pages=147–151\|doi=10.1177/0971521512465965}}<!--\|access-date=11 July 2015--></ref>		She only met her mother once during the fast, as she believed that seeing her mother's anguish might have broken her resolve. She said "The day AFSPA is repealed I will eat rice from my mother's hand."<ref>{{cite journal\|title=A Life-Affirming Fast\|journal=Economic & Political Weekly\|date=23 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=Sarkar>{{cite journal\|last1=Sarkar\|first1=S.\|title=The Iron Lady of Manipur\|journal=Indian Journal of Gender Studies\|date=18 January 2013\|volume=20\|issue=1\|pages=147–151\|doi=10.1177/0971521512465965}}<!--\|access-date=11 July 2015--></ref>

	On 28 March 2016, she was released from judicial custody as charges against her ~~was~~ rejected by a local court in Imphal.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/topic/irom-sharmila-released\|title=Irom Sharmila Released: Latest News, Photos, Videos on Irom Sharmila Released - NDTV.COM\|website=NDTV.com\|access-date=16 March 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320105300/http://www.ndtv.com/topic/irom-sharmila-released\|archive-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> Sharmila kept her vow of neither entering her house nor meeting her mother till the government repeals AFSPA and went to continue her fast at Shahid Minar, Imphal on the same day of her release.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/irom-sharmila-re-arrested-after-resuming-hunger-strike-over-afspa-repeal/story-uLPBMWG4XafmRq2entR3gK.html\|title=Irom Sharmila re-arrested after resuming hunger strike over Afspa repeal\|website=http://Hindustan Times/\|access-date=16 March 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327115940/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/irom-sharmila-re-arrested-after-resuming-hunger-strike-over-afspa-repeal/story-uLPBMWG4XafmRq2entR3gK.html\|archive-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> She was again arrested by the police under the same charge of attempt to commit suicide by means of indefinite fast.		On 28 March 2016, she was released from judicial custody as charges against her were rejected by a local court in Imphal.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/topic/irom-sharmila-released\|title=Irom Sharmila Released: Latest News, Photos, Videos on Irom Sharmila Released - NDTV.COM\|website=NDTV.com\|access-date=16 March 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320105300/http://www.ndtv.com/topic/irom-sharmila-released\|archive-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> Sharmila kept her vow of neither entering her house nor meeting her mother till the government repeals AFSPA and went to continue her fast at Shahid Minar, Imphal on the same day of her release.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/irom-sharmila-re-arrested-after-resuming-hunger-strike-over-afspa-repeal/story-uLPBMWG4XafmRq2entR3gK.html\|title=Irom Sharmila re-arrested after resuming hunger strike over Afspa repeal\|website=http://Hindustan Times/\|access-date=16 March 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327115940/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/irom-sharmila-re-arrested-after-resuming-hunger-strike-over-afspa-repeal/story-uLPBMWG4XafmRq2entR3gK.html\|archive-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> She was again arrested by the police under the same charge of attempt to commit suicide by means of indefinite fast.

	===End of the fast===		===End of the fast===

Irom Chanu Sharmila - Revision history

MalissaHoskins: cleaned up section for clarity and corrected details

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>Scorpions13256: Removing from Category:21st-century Indian writers using Cat-a-lot