Bhagat Singh's hunger strike in jail lasted 112 days
Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh underwent a hunger strike in the Mianwali Jail, now in Pakistan, for 112 days, one of the world's longest hunger strikes at that time. Bhagat Singh, along with other inmates, demanded the status of 'political prisoners' and other basic amenities in jail. The revolutionary freedom fighter was born on September 28, 1907.