page_title: U Wisara
hierarchical_section_title: U Wisara
caption_attribution_description: English: U Wisara Monument at U Wisara Junction.မြန်မာဘာသာ: ရန်ကုန်မြို့ရှိ ဦးဝိစာရလမ်းမပေါ်ရှိသည့် ဦးဝိစာရ ရုပ်တုတစ်ခုကို တွေ့ရစဉ်။
context_page_description: Ven. U Wisara 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. His "ultimate sacrifice profoundly moved many Burmese who not concerned themselves with politics before", and galvanized the nascent independence movement. The monk is commemorated today with the U Wisara Road, a major avenue in Yangon, and the U Wisara Monument in Yangon.
context_section_description: Ven. U Wisara (Burmese: ဦးဝိစာရ, [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. His "ultimate sacrifice profoundly moved many Burmese who not concerned themselves with politics before", and galvanized the nascent independence movement. The monk is commemorated today with the U Wisara Road, a major avenue in Yangon, and the U Wisara Monument in Yangon.
caption: Statue of U Wisara in Yangon
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