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This is a significant reduction from the peak in 2007–09 when Naxalites were active in 180 districts in ten states of India, an area known as the "Red Corridor", which accounts for 40 percent of India's geographical area spread over 92,000 sqkm.
The red corridor, also called the red zone or according to the Naxalite–Maoist parlance the Compact Revolutionary Zone, is the region in the eastern, central and the southern parts of India where the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency has the strongest presence.
Nov 17, 2022 · Initially, the Naxalite movement originated in West Bengal and had later moved to the less developed rural areas in Southern and Eastern India, including in the states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.
May 3, 2024 · Naxalite, general designation given to several Maoist-oriented and militant insurgent and separatist groups that have operated intermittently in India since the mid-1960s. More broadly, the term—often given as Naxalism or the Naxal movement—has been applied to the communist insurgency itself.
Mar 10, 2019 · Today Naxalism is spread over vast areas in India including the states of Bihar, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana....
In 2019, the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), known also as Maoists or Naxalites, raised their upgraded, more sophisticated weapons against mining corporations and development projects which threatened to expel indigenous tribes (or Adivasis, an umbrella term to describe tribal populations) from their ancestral lands in order to exploit...
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Apr 18, 2024 · The Naxalite movement, originating from the Naxalbari village in West Bengal, is a significant socio-political uprising in India. Emerged in the late 1960s, it advocates for the rights of oppressed and marginalised rural communities, mainly peasants and tribal groups.
