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The 2021 Sukma-Bijapur attack was an ambush carried out by the Naxalite-Maoist militants from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) against Indian security forces on 3 April 2021 at Sukma-Bijapur border near Jonaguda village which falls under Jagargunda police station area in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, the ensuing gunfight lead to the killing of 22 security personnel [3] as well as 20 ...
Bastar: The Naxal Story is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. [5] It stars Adah Sharma , Indira Tiwari , Vijay Krishna, Shilpa Shukla , Yashpal Sharma , Subrat Dutta and Raima Sen .
The movement itself is referred to as "Naxalism" and the people engaged are termed as "Naxals" or "Naxalites". The term "Naxalism" is broadly applied to refer to all the communist insurgent movements. [1] The groups are commonly referred to as Maoists as they are supportive of Maoist ideology. [2]
He represented the Dantewada constituency. The congress again lost the 2008 assembly elections when BJP swept 10 out of the 11 seats in Bastar. [9] He had secured 158,520 votes (35.19%). In the region, he was known as "Bastar Tiger"-for making a tough stand against the regional Maoist insurgency. [7] [10] [11]
The Maoists had structured "medical units" in the villages of Bastar, [67] and the CPI (Maoist) operates "mobile medical units." [53]: 101 Rahul Pandita writes: "In the field of health as well, the Maoists often fill in large gaps left by the state. Their mobile medical units cover large distances to offer primary health care to tribals....
On 14 September 2013, 14 Maoist cadres were shot by the Special Operation Group (SOG) [35] at the Salaikota reserve forest (35 km from Malkangiri) in South Odisha. [36] These Maoists were believed to be responsible for the attack on the Congress leadership in Chhattisgarh, [37] and had entered Malkangiri district from Chhattishgarh. [35]
Bastar (Lok Sabha constituency), a parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh state in central India; Bastar (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a state assembly constituency within the Parliamentary constituency; Bastar rebellion, rebellion in colonial India; Bastar: The Naxal Story, a 2024 Indian film about the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in Bastar ...
Areas with Naxalite activity in 2018. The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is part of an ongoing conflict between Left-wing extremist groups and the Indian government. [1] 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. [2]