Irom Chanu Sharmila to end her 16-year-long fast next month
The 44-year-old activist told a district court in Manipur on Tuesday that she will end her fast on August 9.
She also informed the court - where she is required to mark attendance every 15 days - that she wants to marry.
A report by CNN-News 18 says that Sharmila intends to contest the 2017 state Assembly elections as an independent candidate.
Sharmila has been confined to a room at a government hospital and force-fed through a nasal tube for 14 years.She had started her hunger strike on November four, 2000.
She had been re-arrested on March two, merely two days after she was released, when a court found her not guilty of the charge of attempt to commit suicide.
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