Burmese national hero <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Ottama" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U Ottama">U Ottama</a> dies in prison after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_strike" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hunger strike">hunger strike</a> to protest Britain's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British rule in Burma">colonial government</a>.