CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Irom Chanu Sharmila, the 50-year-old Manipuri activist, who ended a 16-year marathon hunger strike against the AFSPA, to make her political debut in 2017, has welcomed the Union government’s decision to remove the law in several parts of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Irom Sharmila fought for what she believed in, and her fight and forms of resistance changed after the hunger strike ended. Her fight began with resistance against AFSPA.

Detailed explanation-3: -Manipur’s well known human rights activist Irom chanu Sharmila was on a hunger strike from November 4 in 2000 to August 2016 demanding repeal of the AFSPA before forming the People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance ahead of the 2017 Manipur assembly elections.

Detailed explanation-4: -Often called the ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’, Irom Chanu Sharmila is a civil rights and political activist known for the hunger strike she began in the year 2000 against the misuse of AFSPA by the military forces.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte, popularly known as Mary kom. She born in Manipur and she is an Indian Olympic boxer.