The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a banned Maoist communist political party and militant organization in India which aims to overthrow the Republic of India 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.
Jawaharlal Nehru University is a public research university located in Delhi,India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru,India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and research emphasis on social sciences and applied sciences.
Naxalism is the communist ideology of the Naxalites,a grouping of political and insurgent groups from India. It is influenced by Maoist political sentiment and ideology.
Amrik Singh was the President of the All India Sikh Students Federation. He was killed in the Indian Army's operation on the Golden Temple on June 6,1984.
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. The red corridor has been steadily diminishing in terms of geographical coverage and number of violent incidents,and in 2021 it was confined to 25 "most affected" and 70 "total affected" districts across 10 states in two coal rich,remote,forested hilly clusters in and around Dandakaranya-Chhattisgarh-Odisha region and tri-junction area of Jharkhand-Bihar and-West Bengal.
Communism in India has existed as a social or political ideology as well as a political movement since 1920's. 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.
Operation Green Hunt is the name used by the Indian media to describe the "all-out offensive by paramilitary forces and the states forces" against the Naxalites. The operation is believed to have begun in November 2009 along five states in the "Red Corridor."
The April 2010 Dantewada Maoist attack was an 6 April 2010 ambush by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) near Chintalnar village in Dantewada district,Chhattisgarh,India,leading to the killing of 76 CRPF policemen and 8 Maoists —the deadliest attack by the Maoists on Indian security forces.
Secession in India typically refers to state secession,which is the withdrawal of one or more states from the Republic of India. Whereas,some have wanted a separate state,union territory or an autonomous administrative division within India. Many separatist movements exist with thousands of members,however,some have low local support and high voter participation in democratic elections. However,at the same time,demanding separate statehood within under the administration of Indian union from an existing state can lead to criminal charges under secession law in India. India is described as a ‘Union of States’in Article 1 of the Indian constitution I.e "Indestructible nation of destructible states" by its father of constitution Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar where a state or Union territory of India cannot secede from India by any means and the Central Government has more powers than the respective state governments and can forcefully change the names and boundaries of the states without their permission at any time when needed for self interest and for the maintenance of integrity.
Narmada was an Indian politician who was one of the "senior-most" female cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist),a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India. She was a Central Committee member of the party,and reportedly used to frame "all policies for the female cadre of Maoists."
On 25 May 2013,Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in the Jhiram Ghati,Darbha Valley in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh,India. The attack caused at least 27 deaths,including that of former state minister Mahendra Karma and Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel. Vidya Charan Shukla,a senior Congress leader,succumbed to his injuries on 11 June 2013.
Red Ant Dream is a 2013 documentary film directed by Sanjay Kak. This documentary is based on the rebel Maoist movement in India. The documentary has been screened in various cities in India since 8 May 2013. It follows the Maoist protests and ambushes which feature the circumstances and environments of the Maoists. It sheds light on what goes on with the Maoists,what they are fighting for where they have been allegedly mistreated by the government.
Rahul Pandita is an Indian author and journalist.
Nivedita Menon is a writer and a professor of political thought at Jawaharlal Nehru University,Delhi. She previously taught at Lady Shri Ram College and the Department of Political Science at Delhi University.
The Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus,or Pandits,is their early-1990 migration,or flight,from the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir following rising violence in an insurgency. Of a total Pandit population of 120,000–140,000 some 90,000–100,000 left the valley or felt compelled to leave by the middle of 1990,by which time about 30–80 of them are said to have been killed by militants.
Shehla Rashid Shora is an Indian Kashmiri social activist,and former leader of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU). She rose to prominence whilst leading the student agitation calling for the release for Kanhaiya Kumar,Umar Khalid and others who were arrested on charges of sedition in February 2016 for participating and organizing sloganeering in JNU.
The 1983 Dhilwan Bus massacre was a massacre of 6 Hindus by extremists amidst the Insurgency in Punjab. It occurred on 5 October 1983,when a bus going from Dhilwan in Kapurthala district to Jalandhar was attacked by Sikh militants in which six Hindu passengers were shot dead in Dhilwan in the northern state of Punjab,India.
Baccha Prasad Singh alias Balraj alias Arvind is an Indian Maoist politician and Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Maoist)
