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69-74

The article analyzes the development of student political movements and the current situation in higher educational institutions in India. The Asian student communities have a long tradition in participating in political life during the colonial and post-colonial periods. India is not an exception; the first political groups in Calcutta and Bombay were formed at the beginning of the XIX century. The student political groups were an integral part of the anticolonial movement, but from the 1930s, their political views started to radicalize. After the independence of India, the national organization came under control of the Communist party. From this time, the majority of political student movements of India were linked with various left-wing groups, including radical Naxalite movements. In this article the special attention is being paid to the processes, which take place in the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi This university was established in 1969 as a center of humanitarian education and became the place of the highest political activities of the student communities. Although the university is situated in Delhi, there are significant groups of students from non-Hindi speaking areas - Jawaharlal Nehru University is often called "India in miniature". All the problems, which become topical in the university, are connected with the problems, which are important at the national level. The importance of the radical student movements became obvious after the protests, which took place in JNU at the beginning of 2016. The students were supported by many political parties who opposed the current government of Bharatiya Janata Party.

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