Singur Movement
In 2006, West Bengal government decided to set up a car factory for Tata Group by acquiring 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) land in Singur. People of the area protested against this acquisition and Trinamool Congress took leading role in galvanizing peasants against acquisition. Protests went on and Trinamool Congress head Mamata Banerjee went for hunger strike. The movement received support from a section of human rights groups, legal bodies, social activists like Medha Patkar, Anuradha Talwar, Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, and Magsaysay and Jnanpith Award-winning author Mahasweta Devi. In 2008, Tata Group decided to pull out of Singur.
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