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The Bastar Fighter Force is a specialized police unit established in 2022 by the Government of Chhattisgarh in India. [1] It was created to combat Maoist insurgency and left-wing extremism in the Bastar division, which has been significantly affected by Naxalite violence. It comprises approximately 2,100 personnel, as of March 2024. [2]
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]
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]
Five of the ten DRG personnel killed in the attack were former Maoists. [5] It was the first major casualties for the DRG in the Bastar region. [6] [7] In September 2023, a joint operation by the District Reserve Guard and the Central Reserve Police Force killed nine Maoists during an encounter in the Dantewada district. [8]
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]
In August 2014, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that it is "sending" 2,000 personnel from the Naga Battalions of the Nagaland's Indian Reserve Battalions (IRB) in Chhattisgarh's Bastar to attack the Maoists, which according to The Economic Times, would make Bastar "the most–militarised zone in India." The Naga Battalion personnel are ...
The word abujhmarh means "the unknown hills" (abujh means 'unknown' and marh means 'hill') in the Gondi language native to the region. [2] [3] Forest, about 92,000 square kilometres (36,000 sq mi) equivalent to the present Bastar division. Dandakaranya, literally meaning "the abode of the demon Dandaka", also finds mention in Hindu epic ...
Hidma was born in Purvati village of south Sukma in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. [3] 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.