People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army

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The People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army is the armed insurgent force of the Naxalite–Maoist movement in India, conducting guerrilla warfare primarily in rural and forested regions against the Indian state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing
guerrilla army
insurgent group
armedWingOf Communist Party of India (Maoist) NERFINISHED
associatedMovement far-left politics in India
claimsToRepresent peasants
tribal populations
classifiedAs left-wing extremist group by the Government of India
commandStructure under the Central Military Commission of CPI (Maoist)
conflict Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in India NERFINISHED
internal conflict in India
countryOfOperation India NERFINISHED
engagesIn armed struggle
attacks on security forces
sabotage of infrastructure
formationContext merger of Maoist groups in India
fundingSources levies and extortion in areas of influence
ideology Maoism NERFINISHED
Naxalism NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Chinese Communist Revolution NERFINISHED
Mao Zedong’s guerrilla warfare strategy
militaryStrategy protracted people’s war
operationalArea central India
eastern India
forested regions of India
rural regions of India
opposedBy Central Reserve Police Force NERFINISHED
Indian Army NERFINISHED
state police forces in affected states
organizationalType clandestine armed organization
partOf Naxalite–Maoist insurgency NERFINISHED
politicalGoal establishment of a Maoist state
overthrow of the Indian state
primaryOpponent Government of India NERFINISHED
Indian security forces NERFINISHED
recognizedAs terrorist organization by the Government of India
recruitmentBase Adivasi communities
marginalized communities
rural population
status illegal organization under Indian law
symbolicColor red
targets paramilitary forces
police forces
state institutions
usesTactics ambushes
guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks
improvised explosive device attacks
usesTerrain dense forests
hilly terrain

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Communist Party of India (Maoist) armedWing People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army
Naxalite groups armedWing People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army