Members of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha staging a protest demanding seperate Gorkhaland carved out of West Bengal, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Aug. 03, 2013. Photo: V. Sudershan
Demanding Gorkhaland, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha called for an indefinite strike from Aug. 03, 2013. Photo shows outstation students from Darjeeling boarding schools returning to their homes through Bagdogra Airport near Siliguri. Photo: Laila Sah
A file picture shows Bundelkhand activist and actor Raja Bundela, former SP leader Amar Singh, Telangana activist P. Nirop Reddy and Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh Munish Tamang at a special meet announcing the launching of campaign for the creation of Telangana, Gorkhaland, Bundelkhand, Vidarbha, Harit Pradesh and Purbanchal in New Delhi. Photo: The Hindu Photo Archives
A file photo shows activists of Bundelkhand Akikrit Party staging a demonstration demanding statehood for Bundelkhand, in New Delhi. Photo: The Hindu Archives
All Bodo Students Union and other Bodo organisations stage a twelve hour railway blockade demanding separate state of Bodoland in Kokrajhar town in lower Assam on Aug. 2, 2013. Photo: AP
Members of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and other prominent Bodo organisations sitting on the tracks at Kokrajhar Railway Station during their 12-hour railway blockade demanding separate state of Bodoland on Aug. 2, 2013. Photo: PTI
Protesters burn a forest office during the curfew in Diphu town in Assam’s Karbi Anglong hills district on Aug. 01, 2013. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
Karbi women protesting during the indefinite curfew in Diphu town in Assam’s Karbi Anglong hills district on Aug. 01, 2013. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
The slogans written by activists from different Karbi student groups in front of the secretariat office in Dipu Town in Karbi Anglong Hills, Assam on Aug. 01, 2013. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
Demanding a separate Vidarbha state carved out of Maharashtra, BJP MLAs courting arrest in Mumbai. A PTI file photo