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Over time, a middle class adivasi intellectual leadership emerged that formulated the demand for a separate state and lobbied for it in India and abroad. Adivasi experiences of marginalisation and their sense of injustice were mobilised to create a shared Jharkhandi identity and inspire collective action that eventually led to the formation of a separate state. The issues against which the leaders of the movement in Jharkhand agitated were:

• acquisition of land for large irrigation projects and firing ranges;
• survey and settlement operations, which were held up, camps closed down, etc.
• collection of loans, rent and cooperative dues, which were resisted;
• nationalisation of forest produce which they boycotted

States of which particular region in India have been living for decades under special laws that limit the civil liberties of citizens?

North-East India

The correct answer is Option (1) → North-East India

Many of the states of the NorthEast have been living for decades under special laws that limit the civil liberties of citizens.