Dataset · In progress, updated October 2026
India protests dataset, 2000 to 2026
Every series behind the India protest research: ACLED demonstrations by year, month and state (2016 to 2026); NCRB rioting cases 1953 to 2024 with police-attributed motives from 2014 and every state from 2001; internet shutdowns 2012 to 2025 on two trackers; Labour Bureau strikes and lockouts 2000 to 2023; Home Ministry communal incidents 2004 to 2017; an election calendar 2000 to 2026; and a catalogue of 217 nationally significant protests with police, organiser and press crowd figures kept apart and two or more sources on every row.
- Protest catalogue, 217 rows
- ACLED demonstrations per year
- ACLED demonstrations per month
- ACLED demonstrations by state and year
- NCRB rioting, all India, 1953 to 2024
- NCRB rioting by motive, 2014 to 2024
- NCRB rioting by state, 2001 to 2024
- Internet shutdowns per year, 2012 to 2025
- Labour Bureau industrial disputes, 2000 to 2024
- MHA communal incidents, 2004 to 2017
- Election calendar, 2000 to 2026
ACLED (aggregated weekly data, not redistributed in raw form); NCRB Crime in India via reclaimchennai/NCRB; SFLC.in and Access Now; Labour Bureau; Ministry of Home Affairs replies to Parliament; Election Commission of India; press and official sources listed on every catalogue row.
UseFree to use with attribution to The Geopolitical Economist and to the original sources named in each file.
