Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Irom Sharmila Chanu (born 14 March 1972), also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one") is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur. On 2 November 2000, she began a hunger strike which is still ongoing. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, she has been called "the world's longest hunger striker". She is currently on trial for attempted suicide.On International Women’s Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.In 2014, she was offered to contest in Lok Sabha polls from Aam Aadmi Party and from Indian National Congress. But she denies both requests describing herself as a protester but not a politician. In the same year she submitted an application expressing her desire to cast her vote in Lok Sabha polls but was not allowed Under Section 62 (5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.. }
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- Irom_Chanu_Sharmila abstract "Irom Sharmila Chanu (born 14 March 1972), also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one") is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur. On 2 November 2000, she began a hunger strike which is still ongoing. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, she has been called "the world's longest hunger striker". She is currently on trial for attempted suicide.On International Women’s Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.In 2014, she was offered to contest in Lok Sabha polls from Aam Aadmi Party and from Indian National Congress. But she denies both requests describing herself as a protester but not a politician. In the same year she submitted an application expressing her desire to cast her vote in Lok Sabha polls but was not allowed Under Section 62 (5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.".