The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (CPI (ML)) was an Indian communist party formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR) at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass meeting in Calcutta on 22 April,Vladimir Lenin's birthday. Later the CPI(ML) party splintered into several Naxalite groups.
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a banned Maoist communist political party and militant organization in India which aims to overthrow the "semi-colonial and semi-feudal Indian state" through protracted people's war. It was founded on 21 September 2004,through the merger of the CPIML People's War and the MCCI. The party has been designated as a terrorist organisation in India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act since 2009.
Muppala Lakshmana Rao,commonly known by his nom de guerre Ganapathy,is a major figure in the Indian Maoist movement and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist),a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India. He resigned from the post in November 2018.
Communism in India has existed as a social or political ideology as well as a political movement since at least as early as the 1920s. In its early years,communist ideology was harshly suppressed through legal prohibitions and criminal prosecutions. Eventually,communist parties became ensconced in national party politics,sprouting several political offshoots.
The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is part of an ongoing conflict between left-wing extremist groups and the Indian government. The Naxalites are a group of communist supportive groups,who often follow Maoist political sentiment and ideology.
The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is part of an ongoing conflict between Left-wing extremist groups and the Indian government. The insurgency started after the 1967 Naxalbari uprising and the subsequent split of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) leading to the creation of a Marxist–Leninist faction. The faction splintered into various groups supportive of Maoist ideology,claiming to fight a rural rebellion and people's war against the government.
Mallojula Koteswara Rao,commonly known by his nom de guerreKishenji,was an Indian political leader who was a Politburo and Central Military Commission member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist),a banned revolutionary organization in India;and also the party's military leader. He was seen as "The Face of the Maoism in India".
Greyhounds is a police special forces unit of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police departments in India. Greyhounds specialises in counter-insurgency operations against Naxalite and Maoist terrorists.
Prashant Bose,commonly known by his nom de guerre Kishan or Kishan da is an Indian politician who is a senior Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). He has previously used Nirbhay Mukherjee,Kajal,Kishan-da and Mahesh as aliases. Kishan,the former MCCI chief is now No. 2 in the CPI (Maoist). He is in charge of Bihar and Jharkhand and heading the Party's Eastern Regional Bureau. And this Bengali Maoist leader,74 in age is also a known intellectual of the party. He joined in Naxalite movements as a trade union activist in 1967 and continued to play a key role in Left-wing politics in India.
Cherukuri Rajkumar was an Indian politician who was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned Maoist group Communist Party of India (Maoist). On 1 July 2010,he was killed by Andhra Pradesh Police in an encounter.
Katakam Sudarshan,commonly known by his nom de guerre Anand,was an Indian politician who was a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist),a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India.
Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy,commonly known by his nom de guerre,Kosa,was an Indian politician who was a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist),a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India.
The Srikakulam peasant uprising occurred from 1967 to 1970,in Srikakulam district,Andhra Pradesh,India. The Naxalbari uprising at the beginning of the Naxalite movement during the 1960s inspired the upsurge.
Narayan Sanyal commonly known as Bijoy da and Naveen Prasad was a Maoist ideologue and a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). He was one of the earliest comrade of Naxal leader Charu Majumdar and member of undivided Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist). It is claimed that at the time of arrest Narayan Sanyal was next only to CPI (Maoist) the then general secretary Muppala Lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathy.
Deo Kumar Singh,commonly known by his nom de guerre Arvind Ji,Vikash Ji and Sujeet Ji,was an Indian politician who was the leader of the Indian Maoist movement and the Politburo Member of Communist Party of India (Maoist),a banned communist party in India. He spent his life as a student leader,a mass organiser and later led and strategised the guerrilla warfare against the Indian state.
Baccha Prasad Singh alias Balraj alias Arvind is an Indian Maoist politician and Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Ashutosh Tudu is an Indian Maoist politician and politburo member of Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Sadanala Ramakrishna is an Indian Maoist politician,senior leader of Communist Party of India (Maoist) and head of the Central Technical Committee of the party.
Akkiraju Haragopal,commonly known as Ramakrishna,alias R.K.,was an Indian politician and Politbureau member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). Haragopal was carrying a reward of 97 lakh Rs. at the time of his death.
