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11 Examples included sit-ins and dharnas, as well as chakka-jam modes of protest that we see in the Jantar Mantar area. Many of the students had taken part or at least witnessed such protests as participants and spectators.

12 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, is famous for an atmosphere of progressive, autonomous student movements.

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