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NAXALITES
History
• The term Naxalites comes from Naxalbari, a small village in
West Bengal, where a extremist section of
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) led a violent uprising in
1967, trying to develop a "revolutionary opposition" in opposition to
the CPI(M) leadership. The insurrection started on May 25, 1967 in
Naxalbari village when a farmer was attacked over a land dispute.
Maoists in the guise of local farmers retaliated by attacking the local
landlords and escalated the violence.
• By 1980 it was estimated that around 30 Naxalite groups were active,
with a combined membership of 30 000
• October 1, 2003: Naxalites attack the convoy of then Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.
Chandrababu Naidu while he was on his way to Tirupati.A few seconds delay in
triggering claymore mines save his life.
• February 6, 2004: Over 1,000 Maoists attack Koraput district headquarters of Orissa
and loot 200 sophisticated guns and other weapons from various police
establishments.
• November 13, 2005: Maoists lay siege to Jehanabad town in Bihar and free over 375
prisoners, including 130 Naxalites. The operation continues for 7hours, killing several
policemen.They loot 185 rifles and 2,000 rounds of ammunition.
• March 25, 2006: Over 500 Maoists attack the OSAP camp at R.Udayagiri in district of
Orissa, killing three policemen, looting arms and freeing 40 prisoners.
• July 17, 2006: Twenty-five people killed and 80 others injured when over 800 Naxalites
attack Errabore relief camp in Chhattisgarh where over 4,000 people had taken
shelter.They kidnap 20 people.
• March 5, 2007: Naxalites kill JMM MP Sunil Mahato, his bodyguards and a party
colleague while they were watching a football match near Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
• March 16, 2007: Over 500 Naxalites attack a police outpost in Chhattisgarh's Rani Bodli
village, killing 55 policemen.
• October 26, 2007: Naxalites kill former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi's son
and 17 others during a cultural programme in Giridih district.
• December 16, 2007:Naxalites attacked jail in Dantewada; free 305 prisoners, 105 of
who were their comrades.
• February 15, 2008: Hundreds of Moists in buses and trucks lay siege to Nayagarh town
of Orissa, killing 14 policemen and a civilian.They torch the Police Training School.
• April 13, 2009: 10 paramilitary troops killed in eastern Orissa when Maoists attack a
bauxite mine in Koraput district.
• April 22, 2009: Naxalites hijack a train with at least 300 people on board in Jharkhand.
Personalities who matter
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• Kobad Ghandy, the London-educated (chartered
accountant) leader and ideologue of CPI (Maoist) in
charge of spreading the Naxalite influence in urban
areas,arrested in Delhi on Sep 17.
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• Ganapathi (45) a science graduate is the general
secretary of CPI (Maoist) and India’s most powerful
& wanted Naxal.
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• Prashant Bose (50) is the second most powerful man
in Maoist party. Little else is known of him.
Ideology
‘ THE NOTION THAT A NAXALITE IS SOMEONE WHO HATES HIS
COUNTRY IS NAIVE AND IDIOTIC . HE IS , MORE LIKELY , ONE WHO LIKES
THIS COUNTRY MORE THAN THE REST OF US , AND IS THUS MORE
DISTURBED THAN THE REST OF US WHEN HE SEES IT DEBAUCHED . HE IS
NOT A BAD CITIZEN TURNING TO CRIME ; HE IS A GOOD CITIZEN
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY ’
According to Naxalite leaders their fight is against five forms of
injustices:
• Class divisions
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CHALLENGES
Guerrilla warfare the tactic used by maoist is the irregular warfare and
combat in which a small group of combatants use mobile
military tactics in the form of ambushes and raids to combat a larger
and less mobile formal army.
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