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Naxalism: Serious Internal Threat To India's National Security
Naxalism: Serious Internal Threat To India's National Security
Naxalism
Serious Internal threat to
India's national security.
HISTORY
• The Naxal name comes from the village of
Naxalbari in West Bengal by
Communist Party of India (Marxist) on May 18,
1967
• poor people join the movement and to start
attacking local landlords(Capitalist)
• Inspired by the doctrines of Mao Zedong
under leadership of Charu Majumdar,
Kanu Sanyal and Jangal Santhal
CURRENT STRENGTH
• Naxalites were active across approximately
220 districts in twenty states of India
accounting for about 40 percent of India's
geographical area area known as the "Red
Corridor“
• 20,000 armed cadre Naxalites were operating
in addition to 50,000 regular cadres
BAD FACE OF MAOIST