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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.
Today, while the insurgencies of the Northeast and Kashmir are largely contained, if not under control, and the Punjab insurgency soundly defeated, India has been earnestly testing different COIN strategies to combat a growing Maoist threat throughout its center and east known generally as the Naxalite insurgency.
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.
Feb 6, 2019 · This article addresses the long-term effects of colonial rule through an analysis of India’s Naxalite insurgency—a Maoist uprising largely supported by low castes and indigenous tribal groups. 1 The insurgency now dates back over half a century and was famously billed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as “the single biggest internal security chal...
