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Mass Rally Protesting Indian Quota System Leads To Unrest

By Julie McCarthy
Published August 27, 2015 at 3:38 PM CDT

Mass protests turned deadly in Gujarat, India, this week. Hundreds of thousands of people, galvanized by a charismatic young member of the Patel community, took to the streets to demand access to public jobs and education.

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