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The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between Maoist groups known as Naxalites or Naxals (a group of communists supportive of Maoist political sentiment and ideology) and the Indian government.
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.
The Naxalite-Maoist insurgency again gained international media attention after the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley resulted in the deaths of around 24 Indian National Congress leaders, including the former state minister Mahendra Karma and the Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel.
Aug 5, 2020 · The Naxalite-Maoist insurgency of India is characterised by its extended longevity and capacity to gain sustained support across from 1967 to the present day.
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.
Oct 3, 2016 · India’s long-running class-based, economic insurgency—the Naxalite insurgency (or Community Party of India [CPI]-Maoist insurgency)—is a case study in which external security partnerships will remain limited, if not mostly unwelcomed, in New Delhi.
May 3, 2017 · The Maoist insurgency in east India is facing a recruitment crisis and increasing numbers of fatalities and surrenders – but its decline is not inevitable. Fighting in eastern India’s ‘Red Corridor’ increased significantly in 2016 compared with the previous year. Deaths among security forces and Maoists jumped by 24% and 91% respectively.
