Maoist insurgency in India

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The Maoist insurgency in India is a long-running armed rebellion led by far-left extremist groups, commonly called Naxalites, seeking to overthrow the Indian state through guerrilla warfare, particularly in rural and tribal regions.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil conflict
insurgency
alsoKnownAs Naxal insurgency
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
cause economic inequality
land rights disputes
perceived state repression
tribal marginalization
classifiedAs left-wing extremism in India
country India
goal establishment of a communist state
overthrow of the Indian state
hasPart Naxalite movement
Red Corridor conflict
ideology Maoism
far-left extremism
impact internal security threat to India
involves armed cadres
people’s guerrilla armies
underground party structures
mainBelligerent Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Naxalite groups
operatesIn Red Corridor
central India
eastern India
rural areas of India
tribal regions of India
opposedBy Central Reserve Police Force
Government of India
special counterinsurgency units
state police forces
relatedTo Communist movement in India
Naxalite movement in India
significantEvent 1967 Naxalbari uprising
2010 Dantewada massacre
2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley
Dantewada attacks
formation of CPI (Maoist) in 2004
startTime 1967
targets infrastructure
political representatives
security forces
timePeriod 21st century
late 20th century
usesTactic ambushes
guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks
improvised explosive devices

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Walking with the Comrades
Walking with the Comrades ("Naxalite–Maoist insurgency")
mainSubject
Maoist insurgency in India ("Naxalite–Maoist insurgency")
Maoist insurgency in India ("Naxal insurgency")
alsoKnownAs
The Lowland ("Naxalite–Maoist insurgency")
hasSubject
Arundhati Roy
hasWrittenOn
Maoism ("Naxalite movement in India")
influenced
Maoist insurgency in India ("2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley")
significantEvent

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