Human rights movement in India got its germination during the Emergency Rule during 1975–1977 and developed during the post Emergency period. Two major trends were marked by Civil liberties concerns and the rights based perspectives. In the last 35 years, the human rights movement has been enriched by collective wisdom emerging from the tribal movement, peasant struggles, environmental movement, women’s liberation movement, child rights movement, dalit movement and struggles of the differently abled persons. The state and the mainstream institutions have had love hate relationships with different types of human rights movements at different phases of history.
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