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India has a long history with blackouts, however, the one that occurred in 2012 is by far the worst and longest lasting. It affected 650 million people and lasted for 2 days. https://www.wri.org/blog/2012/08/india-s-blackouts-highlight-need-electricity-governance-reform

Another blackout has hit India, leaving 600 million people in the dark with a limited water supply. https://www.businessinsider.com/indias-power-outages-2012-7

Indias government classifies this blackout as a “mishap”. They said that many other countries experienced the same outage. This outage makes India look bad because it is hugely cost inefficient. https://www.dw.com/en/experts-discuss-the-reasons-behind-indias-blackout/a-16139644

This is the longest internet shutdown yet in India. It has reached 132 days of no access to basic internet. Students are suffering as they cannot apply for school. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-internet-shutdown-in-kashmir-is-now-the-longest-ever-in-a-democracy/2019/12/15/bb0693ea-1dfc-11ea-977a-15a6710ed6da_story.html

India has had the most internet blockage and shutdown in the world this year. The reason being the new citizenship law. In cities that there are many protesters the government has chosen to shut off the internet by telling the internet providers in that area that it is for public order reasons. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50819905