Question: Who among the following is known as the Iron Lady of Manipur?
(a) Irom Chanu Sharmila
(b) M. C. Mary Kom
(c) Kim Gangte
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 9 August 2016 nearly 16 years after Irom Sharmila started her hunger strike to protest against the misuse of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) ended her fast.
- On November 2000, the Assam Rifles military forces shot and killed 10 innocent civilians at a bus stop in a small town called Malom triggered Irom Sharmila to go on a hunger strike against AFSPA.
- She is often called as the ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’.
- Irom Sharmila has expressed his desire to become the chief minister of Manipur.
- Sharmila was awarded the 2007 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights.
- In 2010, she won a lifetime achievement award from the Asian Human Rights Commission.
- In 2010, she also won the Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize of the Indian Institute of Planning and Management, which came with a cash award of 5100000 rupees.
- On International Women’s Day 2014, she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.
- Irom Chanu Sharmila was born on 14 March 1972.
- Irom Sharmila has written a poem of 1000 words with the title ‘Birth’.
Reference:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/09/indian-campaigner-irom-chanu-sharmila-end-16-year-hunger-strike
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/irom-sharmila-ends-fast-wants-to-be-chief-minister-of-manipur/article8964760.ece
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/All-you-need-to-know-about-Irom-Sharmila-the-Iron-Lady-of-Manipur/2016/07/26/article3548232.ece