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{{Infobox person
| name = Aruna Shanbaug
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| birth_name = Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1948|06|01}}
| birth_place = [[Haldipur]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|05|18|1948|06|01|df=y}}
| death_place = [[KEM Hospital]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_cause = [[Pneumonia]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Nurse]]
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'''Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug''' (1 June 1948 – 18 May 2015) was an [[India]]n nurse who was at the center of attention in a court case on [[euthanasia]] after spending 42<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32776897|title=India rape nurse dies after 42 years|date=18 May 2015|publisher=|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> years in a [[coma]] after being raped and strangled.

==Early life==
Shanbaug was born in 1948 at [[Haldipur]], [[Uttar Kannada]], [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news | title=KEM nurses, dean celebrate Aruna Shanbaug’s birthday | publisher=Hindustan Times | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/kem-nurses-dean-celebrate-aruna-shanbaug-s-birthday-/article1-704677.aspx|accessdate=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=KEM Hospital celebrates Aruna Shanbaug's 64th birthday | publisher=[[The Times of India]]| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/KEM-Hospital-celebrates-Aruna-Shanbaugs-64th-birthday/articleshow/13712413.cms|accessdate=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=KEM celebrates Aruna Shanbaug's 65th birthday | publisher=DNA India | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-kem-celebrates-aruna-shanbaugs-65th-birthday-1842559|accessdate=18 May 2015}}</ref> She worked as a nurse at the [[King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College|King Edward Memorial Hospital]] (KEM) in [[Mumbai]]. At the time of the attack, she was engaged to a doctor at the same hospital.<ref name=dc>{{cite news |title=Rebirth for Aruna, say joyous Mumbai hospital staff |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/143798/rebirth-aruna-say-joyous-mumbai.html |newspaper= Deccan Herald|date=March 7, 2011 }}</ref>

==Attack==
In 1973, while working as a junior nurse at [[KEM Hospital|King Edward Memorial Hospital]], [[Parel]], [[Mumbai]], Shanbaug was anally raped then strangled by a ward boy, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki. She remained in a [[Persistent vegetative state|vegetative state]] following the assault.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten Minutes To Hell|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/ten-minutes-to-hell/205787}}</ref>

==Court case==
On 24 January 2011, after she had been in this state for 37 years, the [[Supreme Court of India]] responded to the plea for [[euthanasia]] filed by Aruna's friend, journalist [[Pinki Virani]], by setting up medical experts to test her.

The court rejected the petition on 7 March 2011. However, in its landmark opinion, it allowed [[Euthanasia#Passive and active euthanasia|passive euthanasia]] in India.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1516973.ece| title=India joins select nations in legalising "passive euthanasia"| publisher=The Hindu| date=7 March 2011}}</ref>

==Death==
Shanbaug died from [[pneumonia]] on 18 May 2015 after being in a [[persistent vegetative state]] for nearly 42 years.<ref name=bbc-death>{{cite news|title=Aruna Shanbaug: Brain-damaged India nurse dies 42 years after rape|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-32776897|accessdate=18 May 2015|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref name=guardian-death>{{cite news|title=Raped Indian nurse dies after 42 years in coma|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/18/raped-indian-nurse-dies-after-42-years-in-coma|accessdate=18 May 2015|agency=Associated Press|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="death">{{cite news|title=1973 Sexual Assault Victim Aruna Shanbaug passes away in Mumbai|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2015/05/1973-sexual-assault-victim-aruna-shanbaug-passes-away-in-mumbai/|accessdate=18 May 2015|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|date=18 May 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

*[http://indianfusion.aglasem.com/4317/never-ending-trauma-of-innocent-aruna/ Never Ending Trauma Of Innocent Aruna!!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416232556/http://indianfusion.aglasem.com/4317/never-ending-trauma-of-innocent-aruna/ |date=2015-04-16 }}
*[http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/wr1152009.pdf Court ruling, Aruna Shanbaug vs. Union of India, March 7, 2011] at ''[[Supreme Court of India]]''
*[http://www.blogher.com/rape-has-left-people-wishing-her-dead-ii-interview-writer-pinki-virani Pinki Virani's Interview - June 13, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311011759/http://www.blogher.com/rape-has-left-people-wishing-her-dead-ii-interview-writer-pinki-virani |date=March 11, 2010 }}
*{{cite news |title=India court admits plea to end life of rape victim|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8417549.stm |work=[[BBC News]]|location= Delhi |date=17 December 2009 }}
*{{cite news |title=Aruna Shanbaug case: Supreme Court rejects euthanasia plea|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/aruna-shanbaug-case-supreme-court-rejects-euthanasia-plea-89894 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=March 7, 2011}}

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[[Category:Crime in India]]
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[[Category:Indian people]]
[[Category:Infectious disease deaths in India]]
[[Category:Rape]]

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