The erosion of a democracy, one documented event at a time — newest first. Every claim links to reporting you can verify. Scroll to move back through the decade.
CriticalPhoto: Al Jazeera · editorial (hotlink) (via Wikimedia)In September 2026 protests in Leh demanding statehood and constitutional protections for Ladakh turned violent; police killed four people after protes…
On 25 August 2026, a month after the Delhi youth demonstrations, students and unemployed youth marched toward the Bihar chief minister residence in Pa…
Opposition INDIA-bloc leaders including Rahul Gandhi marched from Parliament toward the Election Commission on 11 August 2026 against the Special Inte…
Following the Cockroach Janta Party-led protests over exam-paper leaks, India's Supreme Court ordered the release of all under-18s arrested during the…
Through July 2026 Indian authorities arrested regional journalists including Sanjay Rana and Jaspal Singh over comments about local BJP figures
On 20 July 2026 more than 10,000 protesters of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party marched toward Parliament in New Delhi demanding the education mini…
In July and August 2026 the Gujarat government conducted at least seven demolition drives, razing over 10,000 structures it claimed were occupied by "…
CriticalPhoto: The GuardianThe UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar condemned an incident in which approximately 40 Rohingya refugees, registered with UNHCR, were pl…
The Varieties of Democracy Institute's 2026 annual report continued to classify India as an 'electoral autocracy' — the eighth consecutive year of thi…
On 30 April 2026 Reporters Without Borders ranked India 157th of 180 countries in its World Press Freedom Index, a six-place drop from 151st in 2025,…
Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World 2026 report, 'The Growing Shadow of Autocracy', rated India 62 out of 100 — one point lower than the previ…
SignificantPhoto: Wikipedia (via Wikimedia)Legislative assembly elections were held across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry between 23–29 April 2026
SignificantPhoto: Peoples DispatchFactory workers in Noida went on strike demanding wage hikes amid rising living costs
SeverePhoto: The Indian NetizensOn 8 April 2026, women in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh went into the forest around the Daudhan Dam site and came back carrying wood
Following Hindu-Muslim clashes in Nagpur in March 2026 — triggered when Hindu nationalist groups staged protests demanding removal of a former Muslim…
SeverePhoto: The New York TimesTwo children were killed in a bombing in Bishnupur district, Manipur on 7 April 2026
On the night of 6 April 2026, police entered Kantamal village in the Sijimali hills, Rayagada district, Odisha and cut the electricity supply before c…
ElevatedPhoto: Shruti Naithani / ThePrintA special court in Madurai sentenced all nine police officers convicted in the 2020 Sathankulam custodial deaths of P
Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Naxalite insurgency had effectively ended after intensified security operations resulted in the death, arre…
SeverePhoto: CivicusKashmiri journalist and editor of Wande Magazine marked three years in pretrial custody without conviction, arrested under UAPA.
SignificantPhoto: BitRaserRules under Digital Personal Data Protection Act issued
SignificantPhoto: BBCLeader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi held a series of press conferences presenting data on alleged electoral fraud
SignificantPhoto: Workers WorldOne of the largest strikes in recorded history, protesting new labour codes removing worker protections.
Election Commission directed all polling booth CCTV from the 2024 general elections be destroyed within 45 days to prevent 'misleading narratives'.