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Manipur has often been the setting for violent agitations with those behind them demanding the implementation of an Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in order to define an protect "insiders" from buying up land on the one hand and from the unregulated entry of "outsiders" on the other. All this can be traced to the core ? in the agitations of 1920, 1935, and 1965, when sections targeted the "outsider" monopoly in trade. The agitations, in 1980, 1994, and from 2006 onwards, have been primarily against unregulated immigrants who bought up land and immovable properties.

The agitations have been motivated by the situation that has set alarm bells ringing following unrestrained demographic pressure by "outsiders" and the need for an ILP as it exists in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and

Nagaland. The ILP is required for 'other' Indian citizens to enter Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram. The objective has been to prevent outsiders from buying up land and owning natural resources in Manipur. But these stirs have been confined to the Manipur valley, which is about 9 per cent of the geographical area and where 61.54 per cent of the enumerated population (Census 2001) comprises the majority community Meitei, tribals and others living together. Interpretations of the campaign have been along communal lines, probably because it was concentrated in the valley and led by Meitei-based organisations.

In which of the following states of India you do not need an 'Inner Line Permit' to visit?

A) Manipur

B) Mizoram

C) Nagaland

D) Arunachal Pradesh

E) None of these