She is a civil rights and political activist from Manipur. She began a hungerstrike in $2000$ demanding the withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in her home state, which she ended after $16$ years of fasting. She has been called 'the world's longest hunger striker' and is popularly called the 'Iron Lady' Who is she?

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The correct option is A Irom Chanu Sharmila
Irom Chanu Sharmila is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet.
She had started hunger-strike at the age of 28 following a massacre in Malom, Imphal in which innocent 10 persons were killed by the Assam Rifles in the year 2000. Her main demand was for repealing Armed AFSPA, 1958 from her state which provided immunity to armed forces with regard to their actions.
She is the world’s longest hunger striker, as she had refused food and water for more than 500 weeks.

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