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A lesson from Bangladesh: Intimidating students is a recipe for disaster

Youth and student activism have played a crucial role in questioning authority, demanding accountability, and advocating for a more just society, whether in the freedom movement or the more contemporary challenges and social injustices across the globe. During the Swadeshi Movement in 1905, institutions like the Presidency College in Calcutta and Fergusson College in Pune became the important nodes of revolutionary ideas and activities.