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Comment: Politics of terrorism in India.

  • UPSC 1998
  • 20 marks
  • Party System

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Terrorism is violence against non-combatants intended to produce political fear. In India it is political in two senses. The violence serves political ends, from secession to proxy war, and the fight against it is contested over laws, votes, federal powers and rights.

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  • Types and their politics
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