India’s Democracy Has a Pressure Valve
Protest and dissent in post-Independence India A selective chronology, 1947–2026 Year All years Reset filters Period All periods 1947–1969 · Early republic 1970–1989 · Mass opposition 1990–2009 · Liberalisation 2010–2026 · Networked protest Theme All themes Coverage Landmarks Full chronology Browse the chronology below. Select a movement to read more. 1946–1951 Telangana armed peasant struggle Hyderabad/Andhra region · Armed conflict or uprising Land, bonded labour, feudal power and communist mobilization. Beginning before independence, the struggle continued against the Hyderabad state and then Indian authorities; its armed phase was withdrawn in 1951. Late 1940s–1960s Naga nationalist movement Nagaland and adjoining areas · Armed conflict or uprising Sovereignty, autonomy and territorial identity. Political mobilization and armed conflict developed alongside negotiations. Nagaland became a state in 1963, while wider sovereignty and territorial claims continued. 1952...