Historical eventDecember 152019

Citizenship Amendment Act protests

Citizenship Amendment Act protests: 10 to 15 local women blockaded a major road in Delhi, India, to protest the exclusion of Muslims from the amended Citizenship Act.

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When
Sunday, December 15 20197 years ago
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21st century · 2010s
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At a glance

Dates: 2019-12-04 – 2020-03-14.

Place: India.

Type: protest.

Deaths reported: 23. Casualties: 175.

Catalyst / how it started

Linked causes: Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and National Register of Citizens for Assam.

What happened

Protests occurred after the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was enacted by the Government of India on 12 December 2019. The move sparked widespread national and overseas ongoing protests against the act and its associated proposals of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The protests first began in Assam and spread swiftly to other states such as Delhi, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura on 4 December 2019. Protests broke out rapidly across the country,

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