TIMELINE OF A 67-DAY-LONG PROTEST
December 15: Hundreds of residents of Shaheen Bagh gather to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). December 16: Protesters block arterial Road no. 13A road after students are assaulted in Jamia a day before, demand repeal of CAA
January 2: A prominent protester asks for the protest to be called off, citing political interference, but is rebuffed by other groups, who continue the sit-in
January 15: Protesters complete month-long sit-in n January 23: During a BJP rally, Union home minister Amit Shah trains guns on protesters
February 1: A man, Kapil Gujjar, 22, opens fire near the protest site, no one injured. Gujjar arrested February 2-7: Shaheen Bagh protest emerges as one of key election issues at BJP rallies across the city
February 10: Supreme Court holds first hearing over Shaheen Bagh protests, where the court observed that while people were entitled to protest, it questioned how they could occupy and block a public road for so long February 16: Group from Shaheen Bagh heads out to meet Union home minister Amit Shah. However, they are denied permission by the police and fail to leave the area
February 17: Supreme Court appoints interlocutors to speak to protesters, and break the deadlock over their occupation of Road 13A, and shift their protest to a separate location February 19: Mediators hold their
first meeting with Shaheen Bagh
protesters
February 22: A group of protesters remove barricades from a road connecting Delhi with Noida, which will allow Commuters from Jamia, Ashram, Okhla and Batla House to go towards Noida and Faridabad