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Apr 24, 1889 Chaung U, Myanmar Died on 19 Sep 1929 (aged 40)
Burmese monk and activist
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- U Wisara (Burmese: ???????, pronounced [?ú w?s??a?]; 24 April 1889 – 19 September 1929) was a Burmese Buddhist monk, who died in prison after a 166-day hunger strike against the British rule in Burma.
- The monk had been repeatedly imprisoned and tortured by the colonial government for "inciting sedition", and forced to wear plain clothes and abandon religious observances.
- His "ultimate sacrifice profoundly moved many Burmese who not concerned themselves with politics before", and galvanized the nascent independence movement.
- The monk is commemorated today with the U Wisara Road, a major avenue in Yangon, and the U Wisara Monument in Yangon.
