caption death_place death_date birth_place parents spouse article_title name
machal lalung morigaon , assam , india 25 december 2007 colonial assam , british india lodor -rrb- lalung -lrb- father -rrb- bihumoti lalung -lrb- mother none machal lalung
 machal lalung
machal lalung

machal lalung was an indian from the village of khalagaon -lrb- now silchang -rrb- in morigaon , assam , who spent 54 years in an indian jail without facing trial .
he was arrested on the charges of `` causing grievous harm '' in 1951 , and transferred to a psychiatric institution in tezpur , where he was forgotten .
in 1967 , the doctors certified him as fit , and he was moved to a jail in guwahati , where he spent nearly four decades .
he was released in 2005 , after the local human rights groups brought his case to the attention of the national human rights commission of india .
the supreme court of india ordered the government of assam to compensate him and provide him a monthly assistance amount .
lalung died in 2007 .
