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Gujarat's Patidar Agitation: A Fight for Reservation and Political Change

Gujarat's Patidar Agitation: A Fight for Reservation and Political Change

In 2015, the Patidar community in Gujarat started protesting, wanting to be recognized as Other Backward Class (OBC) to get more opportunities.

A big meeting in Ahmedabad turned into clashes with the police.

This caused a lot of trouble, and the government had to step in.

The protests changed how people voted in elections.

Leaders like Hardik Patel became well-known and later joined different political groups.

Eventually, the government created a new rule to give some people from the community more chances, and they also stopped some of the legal cases against protesters.

This was the outcome of the community's agitation.

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