Word: biharis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...district of Bhagalpur, 5,000 Biharis sat on railroad tracks and blocked trains to protest the action taken against the suspended police officers. Elsewhere in the district, villagers supporting strong police measures have threatened work stoppages. One Bihari woman, whose father has been robbed twice, insisted that "something must be done" to stop the crime. What if the accused are not guilty? She shrugged. If police arrested them, she said, they were probably guilty...