Cabinet nod to protests to SC hearing: The story of Citizenship Act so far

Here's a timeline of events listing all major events related to the Citizenship Act since the Union Cabinet cleared the Bill

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and ordered the Centre to respond to pleas against the Act within four weeks.  

Here's the timeline of events since the Union Cabinet cleared the Citizenship Amendment Bill: 

December 4: Union cabinet clears Citizenship Bill 

December 9: Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill

December 11: Citizenship Bill cleared by Rajya Sabha

December 11: Protests erupt in Assam; curfew imposed in Guwahati and Dibrugarh

December 12: Two die in Guwahati as police open fire on protestors

December 12: Protests spread to other states, especially to those in the