Al Jazeera's contemporary report, published 21 January 2014, on the Indian government's decision to grant the Jain community national minority status, naming the Union Cabinet's approval, the Ministry of Minority Affairs proposal behind it, the community's roughly seven million members and prior minority recognition in eleven Indian states, and the decade of litigation, including a Supreme Court case, that preceded the national decision.
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An international news organization's contemporary report under a general newsdesk byline with no individual journalist named, tier 2 for an independent primary account of the government's own decision, corroborated by the Wikipedia cross check below on the legal basis and its date. NotesUsed for the cabinet approval date, the community's population figure and prior state level recognition, and the litigation history.
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PublisherAl Jazeera
Publication Year2014
URLhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2014/1/21/jains-in-india-get-minority-status
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