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We highlight some of the major contributions to algebraic topology in India since the dawn of the 21st century, classified broadly under three heads, namely, manifolds and cell complexes, equivariant topology and deformation theory.

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Mukherjee, G., Sankaran, P. Algebraic topology in India. Indian J Pure Appl Math 50, 705–717 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13226-019-0350-7

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