In this Burmese name U is an honorific.Ven. U Wisara (Burmese: ဦးဝိစာရ pronounced: [ʔú wḭsəɹa̰]; 24 April 1889 – 19 September 1929) was a Burmese Buddhist monk who died in prison after a 166-day hunger strike against the British rule in Burma. The monk had been repeatedly imprisoned and tortured by the colonial government for inciting sedition and forced to wear plain clothes and abandon religious observances.
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birth date
1889-04-24
birth place
Sagaing Region, Chaung-U, Chaung-U Township, British rule in Burma
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