1104 Kshatriya Parmar Community members take out a rally on the occasion of 'Raja Bhoj Jayanti' in Bhopal.
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2104 Maratha community members celebrate after the verdict of Bombay High Court, at Hutatma Chowk, in Mumbai. HC upholds constitutional validity of reservation for the Maratha community, but asks the government to reduce it from 16 per cent to 12 to 13 per cent, as recommended by the State Backward Classes Commission.
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3104 A Sindhi language class in progress at a Mumbai college |
4104 Sindhis in Ajmer celebrate Cheti Chand, the Sindhi New Year | Photograph by Alamy
5104 Protestors from the Maratha community take part in a rally demanding reservation, in Karad, Maharashtra. Maratha outfits have called for a bandh in Maharashtra, a day after a man demanding reservation for the community jumped to his death in a river in Aurangabad district. | PTI Photo
6104 The victory pillar at Bhima Koregaon on January 1 |
7104 Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, which conducts the thread ceremony for all castes |
8104 Members of Rajput community shout slogans against film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali as they protest against the release of Bollywood film "Padmavati" in Jammu.
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9104 Members of Rajput community burn an effigy of film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and shout slogans as they protest against the release of Bollywood film "Padmavati" in Jammu.
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10104 A woman signs a banner during a signature campaign as part of a protest, organised by members of Bharat Kshatriya Samaj, against the release of Bollywood movie "Padmavati" in Kolkata. | Photo by Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
11104 Members of Rajput community shout slogans as they protest against the release of Bollywood film "Padmavati" in Mumbai.
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12104 Members of Rajput community hold placards as they protest against the release of Bollywood film "Padmavati" in Mumbai.
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13104 | Photograph by Alamy
14104 Panchayat in Bibipur in Jind district of Haryana in July 2012 | Photograph by Jitender Gupta
15104 Rajput community protest meeting against state government for demanding Gangster Anandpal Singh encounter inquiry by the CBI, in Jaipur. | PTI Photo
16104 Karntaka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, former PM HD Devegowda, Union minister Ananth Kumar, BS Yeddyurappa and others participate in Balija Community Bruhath Samavesha, in Bengaluru. | PTI Photo
17104 PAAS convener Hardik Patel with supporters at the court in Surat. | PTI Photo
18104 Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PASS) convener Hardik Patel address a press conference at his house, in Ahmedabad. | PTI Photo
19104 Members of Jain community take part in a procession with on the occasion of 2573rd foundation day of Jain community, in Ahmedabad. | PTI Photo
20104 Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben being welcomed by Tailik Sahu Samaj, in Patna. | PTI Photo
21104 Police lathicharhe a miscreant after a clash between two communities flared up at the Main Road, in Ranchi. | PTI Photo
22104 Prime Minister Narendra Modi being thanked by BJP OBC MPs at Parliament in New Delhi for passage of the OBC bill in Lok Sabha which accords constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBCs). | Outlook Photo
23104 Prime Minister Narendra Modi being thanked by BJP OBC MPs at Parliament in New Delhi for passage of the OBC bill in Lok Sabha which accords constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBCs). | Outlook Photo
24104 Prime Minister Narendra Modi being thanked by BJP OBC MPs at Parliament in New Delhi for passage of the OBC bill in Lok Sabha which accords constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBCs). | Outlook Photo
25104 Jat women protestors sitting on a dharna demanding reservations in government jobs at Jasia village, in Rohtak. | PTI Photo
26104 Kurami community block railway tracks during their agitation demanding ST status for them in Purulia, West Bengal. | PTI Photo
27104 Jat protestors sitting on a dharna demanding reservations in government jobs, in Hisar. | PTI Photo
28104 Jat protestors sitting on a dharna demanding reservations in government jobs, in Hisar. | PTI Photo
29104 Jat women protesters on tractor to reach at Jassia village for dharna during their agitation for reservation at Jassia village, in Rohtak. | PTI Photo
30104 Jat protesters at a rally during their agitation for reservation at Jassia village, in Rohtak. | PTI Photo
31104 Jat protesters during the second day of their agitation at Jassia village, in Rohtak. | PTI Photo
32104 Maratha Community staging Chakka Jam andolan (road blockade) on the Pune-Bangalore National Highway against the state government over non-implementation of their demands, in Karad, Maharashtra. | PTI Photo
33104 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at a meeting with Jat community leaders, in Chandigarh. | PTI Photo
34104 A Haj pilgrim being welcomed by her relatives upon her arrival from Mecca, at Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal. | PTI Photo
35104 Members of Dalit community hold a protest against the Una incident, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | PTI Photo
36104 Congress activists protest against BJP, RSS and SAD for the anti-dalit polices in Amritsar. | PTI Photo
37104 Members of Dalit Community block the traffic during a protest in Ahmedabad against the assault on dalit members by cow protectors in Rajkot. | PTI Photo
38104 Supporters of Sardar Patel Group leader Lalji Patel lifts him on their solders at Sabarmati Central Jail after being granted bail, in in Ahmedabad. | PTI Photo
39104 Members of the ancient Samaritan community walk during the holiday of Shavuot on Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining 700 Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. | AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed
40104 Jat protesters during their agitation for reservation in Jasia village of Rohtak district, Haryana. | PTI Photo
41104 Jat members shout slogans during their agitation for reservation at Sindhu border in Sonipat. | PTI Photo
42104 Police personnel patrol at the railway station in Gurgaon as they are being deployed at various sensitive places in the view of Jat agitation for the reservation. | PTI Photo
43104 Investigators inspect the area inside the Jawahar Park where Thursday's clashes between police and ecroachers claimed several lives, in Mathura. | PTI Photo
44104 Police men standing near Jawahar Bagh in Mathura on Friday, a day after violent clashes with the encroachers. | PTI Photo
45104 Charred bicycles following a communal clash after a shop, belonging to a member of the minority community, was got forcibly evacuated in Roorkee in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district. | PTI Photo
46104 Heavy police force arrive to control the situation following a communal clash after a shop, belonging to a member of the minority community, was got forcibly evacuated in Roorkee in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district. | PTI Photo
47104 A group of youth protesters throwing stones at police after clashes erupted when a motorcyclist was thrashed by traffic cops during a scuffle, at Batamaloo area in Srinagar. | PTI Photo by S Irfan
48104 Shops closed in a Patidar dominated area of Ahmedabad during Gujarat bandh call by the community. | PTI Photo
49104 Members of Patidar Community take part in funeral procession of Bhavin Khunt in Surat. Khunt committed suicide by a consuming poison during "Jail Bharo Andolan" for the release to PAAS Convener Hardik Patel. | PTI Photo
50104 Members of Patidar community burnt vehicle during their "Jail Bharo Andolan" for demanding release of Hardik Patel in Mahesana. | PTI Photo
51104 Police use water canon to control members of Patidar community during their "Jail Bharo Andolan" for demanding release of Hardik Patel in Mahesana. | PTI Photo
52104 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addressing at Bhimrao Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary celebrations at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. | PTI Photo by Vijay Verma
53104 A Bahraini woman photographs riot police approaching as anti-government protesters clash with riot police firing tear gas after the funeral of an 18-year-old wanted youth in the western village of Shahrakan, Bahrain. | AP Photo/Hasan Jamali
54104 People from Muslim community write 'Bharat Mata ki jai' with their blood as a way to show their disapproval with MIM's chief Asaduddin Owaisi's recent comment to not raise that slogan, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. | PTI Photo
55104 Members of Jat community during a day-long protest in Rohtak. | PTI Photo
56104 Farmers and Members of Dalit Seva Samiti protest against the yesterday's police lathicharge on them. | PTI Photo by Shailendra Bhojak
57104 Police try to control fire and clearing a road that was blocked by Patel community in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | PTI Photo
58104 An army person patrols along the Munak canal, near the village of Bindroli. The water crisis in Delhi eased on Monday with security forces securing the canal by evicting Jat agitators in Haryana state. | PTI Photo
59104 Members of Akhil Bharatiya Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti protesting for their demand of reservation in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. | PTI Photo
60104 Army during a flagmarch in Rohtak city which is under curfew after protests by Jat community, who are demanding reservation in government jobs and education. | PTI Photo
61104 Buses set on fire as the Jat agitation for reservation intensifies in Sonipat. | PTI Photo
62104 Jat community people block a road in Gurgaon during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
63104 People of jat community jam the Gurgaon- Alwar National Highway near Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Chowk in Gurgaon during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
64104 Jat community members block the railway tracks during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
65104 Jat community members turn violent during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
66104 Protesters vandalize and damage vehicles during a pro caste quota protest in Rohtak, 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of New Delhi. | AP Photo/Deepak Khanna
67104 Police lathicharge Jat community members during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
68104 Jat community members clash with other community members during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
69104 Police arrive at the site after Jat community members torched a motorcyle during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
70104 Leaders if Khap Panchayat road blcok NH 10 near Sampla town of Rohtak during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
71104 Jat community members protest during their agitation for reservation. | PTI Photo
72104 Convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samitee (PAAS) Hardik Patel being produced at a Metro Court in Ahemdabad, Gujarat. | PTI Photo
73104 Kashmiri Muslims watch the funeral procession of Shariq Ahmad Bhat, a suspected rebel, in Bandnu village, some 52 kilometers (33 miles) south of Srinagar. Bhat was killed in a gunbattle with Indian government forces. | AP Photo/Dar Yasin
74104 An Indian police man throws stones at Kashmiri Muslim protesters as they clash in Naina village some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar. Violent clashes between police and protesters erupted leaving a man dead and two others wounded, officials said. | AP Photo/Dar Yasin
75104 Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones as they clash with Indian police men in Naina village some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar. Violent clashes between police and protesters erupted in Kashmir, leaving a man dead and two others wounded, officials said. | AP Photo/Dar Yasin
76104 Youths pelting stones at police personnel during clash in Srinagar which erupted following the arrest of JKLF Activist Ashiq Hussain on charges of attack. | PTI Photo by S Irfan
77104 An Indian Muslim man talks with policemen deployed as part of enhanced security to mark the anniversary of the Babri mosque demolition in the old city of Hyderabad. In 1992, tens of thousands of Hindu extremists ripped apart the16th century Babri mosque at Ayodhya in northern India as security forces watched. Hindus say it is the birthplace of their god Rama and contend a temple to him stood on the site before the mosque. | AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.
78104 Indian police detain Muslim activists of Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadat (DJS) during a protest on the anniversary of the Babri mosque demolition in the old city of Hyderabad. In 1992, tens of thousands of Hindu extremists ripped apart the16th century Babri mosque at Ayodhya in northern India as security forces watched. | AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.
79104 Convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti, Hardik Patel is taken to the court in Surat , Gujarat. | PTI Photo
80104 Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi talking to media during a visit to Sunpedh village where a dalit's house was set on fire allegedly by men belonging to the upper-caste community, in Ballabhgarh in Faridabad, Haryana. | PTI Photo
81104 Protesting Sunpedh villagers and block Faridabad-Ballabhgarh highway with kids' bodies at Faridabad, Haryana. | Photo by Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
82104 Protesting Sunpedh villagers and block Faridabad-Ballabhgarh highway with kids' bodies at Faridabad, Haryana. | Photo by Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
83104 Protesting Sunpedh villagers and block Faridabad-Ballabhgarh highway with kids' bodies at Faridabad, Haryana. | Photo by Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
84104 Protesting Sunpedh villagers and block Faridabad-Ballabhgarh highway with kids' bodies at Faridabad, Haryana. | Photo by Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
85104 Protesting Sunpedh villagers and block Faridabad-Ballabhgarh highway with kids' bodies at Faridabad, Haryana. | Photo by Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
86104 Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visits Sunpedh village in Faridabad, Haryana. | Photo by Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
87104 Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi talking to the villagers in Sunpedh village in Faridabad, Haryana. | Photo by Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
88104 The amulet of the 11-months-old Divya lies on the floor of charred remains of the house of dalit family where two children were burnt alive in Sunped village, Faridabad, Haryana.
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89104 Subhash Yadav, Commissioner of Police, Faridabad in conversation with dalit family members where two children burnt alive in Sunped village, Faridabad, Haryana. | Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
90104 Grandmother of two children burnt alive in Sunped village, Faridabad, Haryana. | Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
91104 Relatives at house of dalit family where two children burnt alive in Sunped village, Faridabad, Haryana. | Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
92104 House of dalit family where two children burnt alive in Sunped village, Faridabad, Haryana. | Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
93104 Relatives of dalit family where two children burnt alive in Sunped village, Faridabad, Haryana. | Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
94104 Jitender (father of the children burnt alive) with Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Former Chief Minister of Haryana) in Sunped village, Faridabad, Haryana. | Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
95104 Patidar Andolan Samiti leader Hardik Patel leaves to appear before Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | PTI Photo
96104 Bishnoi community women during Annual Khejadli festival at Khejadli village. | PTI Photo
97104 People from Patidar or Patel community run for cover after police use baton charge to disperse the crowd protesting against arrest of their leader Hardik Patel, demanding reservation in Ahmedabad on Saturday. | PTI Photo
98104 Prabhaben Patel, mother of Shwetang Patel, weeps as Convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti Hardik Patel consoles her during prayer meeting of her son in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | PTI Photo
99104 Prime Minister, Narendra Modi meets a delegation to discuss issues related to Jat Community, in New Delhi. | PTI Photo
100104 Volunteers train at military base in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Signs emerged of a reprisal sectarian slaughter of Sunnis in Iraq, as police said pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen detainees after insurgents tried to storm the jail northeast of Baghdad. | AP Photo/ Jaber al-Helo
