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Well I am from the effected area. Believe it or not this move has surely helped to maintain peace. No doubt it has effected many peoples work. But this was one of quickest way to control mass communication. Plus the ban is on 2G/3G & SMS on mobile network not on broad band or usual wired network.

On wired network probably only fb & whatsapp are banned.

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So did they declare martial law?

Edit: Yes[0]

[0] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/indian-army-deployed-r...

what does that mean?

It means military rule.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law

Sometimes, when the fit hits the shan, governments must act decisively to protect the public interest. So they call a timeout on civil society. Not quite state of war, but heading that way. But when that's not explicit, it becomes hard to tell whether or not one is living in a police state.

This is incorrect: Deploying the RAF to control a situation is not the same as declaring Martial Law.

That would require declaring an Emergency AFAIK.

OK, thanks.

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