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Mahesh Shah, left, stands as his family members look while census worker Rumima Das, writes the information on a paper on the first day of the national census at Ramsingh Chapori village, east of Gauhati, India in 2010.

The count is likely lead to demands to raise the country’s quotas that reserve government jobs, college admissions and elected offices for lower and intermediate castes.

(Image credit: Anupam Nath)

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