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The film was announced in June 2023, along with the title of the film, it's based on the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh and the April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada. [7] Bastar was theatrically released on 15 March 2024. [8] The film received negative reviews from critics and was a major box office bomb. [9]
It also mentions that the developmental work done by the Maoists including "mobilizing community labour for farm ponds, rainwater harvesting, and land conservation works in the Dandakaranya region, which villagers testified had improved their crops and improved their food security situation."
The unit is tasked with curbing Naxalist activities in Chhattisgarh state. [2] The battalion is named "Bastariya" because the force is composed of locals — both male and female — from Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, and Narayanpur — some of the most Maoist-affected districts in Bastar Division, Chhattisgarh. [3]
Counter-Maoist operations are diversified. BSF is deployed in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, where Naxal strength is comparatively thinner than that of other parts of Bastar region. At present total 15 battalions of BSF are stationed in different parts of Kanker district to combat the Naxal.
Let's call him Vasu: With Maoists in Chhattisgarh, by Shubhranshu Choudhary, Penguin, 2012; The Burning Forest: India's War in Bastar, by Nandini Sundar, Juggernaut Press, 2016; The Adivasis of Chhattisgarh: Victims of the Naxalite Movement and Salwa Judum Campaign, by Asian Centre for Human Rights. Published by Asian Centre for Human Rights, 2006.
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]
He is also known as Hidmalu alias Santosh and is the face of Maoist in Bastar. After completion of education up to class 10, he joined the Party and became a master strategist of military operation and guerrilla warfare. [4] [5] Hidma was arrested in 2016 along with six other alleged naxals, at the time he was considered a low-level participant ...
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....