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[[Mahatma Gandhi]] was imprisoned in 1908, 1909, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1930, 1932, 1933, and 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Years of Arrests & Imprisonments of Mahatma Gandhi {{!}} Chronology of Mahatma Gandhi |url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/chrono/arrestofmahatma.php |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=www.mkgandhi.org}}</ref> Because of Gandhi's stature around the world, British authorities were loath to allow him to die in their custody; Gandhi engaged in several famous hunger strikes to protest [[British Raj|British rule in India]].
In addition to Gandhi, various others used the hunger strike option during the Indian independence movement, including [[Jatin Das]], who fasted to death, and [[Bhagat Singh]]. It was only on the 116th day of their fast, on October 5, 1929, that Bhagat Singh and [[Batukeshwar Dutt]] gave up their strike (surpassing the 97-day world record for hunger strikes which was set by an Irish revolutionary). During this hunger strike that lasted 116 days and ended with the British succumbing to his wishes, he gained much popularity among the common Indians. Before the strike his popularity was limited mainly to the Punjab region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhagat Singh: Latest News, Videos and Photos of Bhagat Singh {{!}} Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/bhagat-singh |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
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