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Students vs the State
Each incident is a live record. New evidence updates the investigation it belongs to, and no new post is written. Some record force. Others record cases registered or people detained, and each says which.
Where
Incident map
This map plots incidents the archive has documented. Where a precise location has not been established, the pin sits on the state and says so.
Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO. Pins carry the incident's evidence state and say nothing of its severity.
Why these. They come from two waves of protest, in July and in October 2026, and involve the same question: who authorised what the state did. The authority structures behind them differ: Delhi sits under a Union-administered police force, the others under state governments. The October incidents are kept apart from the July ones because the Supreme Court's order of 1 September is reported to cover only the protests of 20 to 25 July.
If you know of another incident that belongs in this archive, tell us. It will be assessed on evidence.