Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike enters Day 20: A look at India's longest fasts since 1947

India has a history of hunger strikes before and after Independence. Mahatma Gandhi was on a hunger strike for 21 days in 1933. Bhagat Singh for 116 days in 1929.  Mamata Banerjee sat on a 25-day-long hunger strike in 2006.

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