Timeline of the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
1960s-1990s
- On 22 April 1980, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War, commonly called as People's War Group (PWG) was founded by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah.[1]
- On 12 February 1992, 36 people belonging to Bhumihar Brahmin community were killed in Bara village under the jurisdiction of Gaya district in Bihar.
- On 1 December 1997 believing that the village's Dalits, mostly poor and landless, were sympathizers of Maoists behind the Bara village massacre, the upper caste Ranvir Sena enter Laxmanpur Bathe village in Arwal district in Bihar and massacre 58 Dalits.
- On 18 March 1999, 34 people belonging to Bhumihar Brahmin community were killed in Senari village under the jurisdiction of Jehanabad district in Bihar.[2]
2000s
- In February 2005 the CPI (Maoist) killed 7 policemen, a civilian and injured many more during a mass attack on a school building in Venkatammanahalli village, Pavgada, Tumkur, Karnataka.[3][4] On 17 August 2005, the government of Andhra Pradesh outlawed the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and various mass organisations close to it, and began to arrest suspected members and sympathizers days afterwards. The arrested included former emissaries at the peace talks of 2004.
- On 13 November 2005 CPI (Maoist) fighters stunned authorities by attacking Jehanabad in Bihar, freeing 250 captured comrades and taking twenty imprisoned right wing paramilitaries captive, executing their leader. They also detonated several bombs in the town.[5] A prison guard was also reported killed.
- On 28 February 2006 the Maoists attacked several anti-Maoist protesters in Erraboru village in Chhattisgarh using landmines, killing 25 people.[6]
- On 24 March 2006 over 500 heavily armed rebels attacked police camps in Orissa’s Udayagiri town of Gajapati district, freeing 40 prisoners from the sub-jail.[7]
- On 16 July 2006 the Maoists attacked a relief camp in the Dantewada district where several villagers were kidnapped. The death toll was 29.[8]
- On 18 October 2006 women belonging to the Maoist guerrilla forces blasted four government buildings in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. On the day before, over a dozen armed cadres of the group, with support from male colleagues, blocked traffic on the Antagarh-Koylibera Road in the Kanker district, near the city of Raipur. They also detonated explosives inside four buildings, including two schools, in Kanker.[9] This incident occurred two days after a major leader of the party's operations in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, Kone Kedandam, surrendered to authorities in the town of Srikakulam.[10]
- On 2 December 2006 the BBC reported that at least 14 Indian policemen had been killed by Maoists in a landmine ambush near the town of Bokaro, 80 miles from Ranchi, the capital of the State of Jharkhand.[11]
- On 4 March 2007 Maoist shot dead a member of the parliament (Sunil Mahato) of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party from Jharkhand state.[12]
- On 5 March 2007 Maoist shot dead a local Congress leader (Prakash, a member of the local Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP)) in Andhra Pradesh while he was inspecting a road construction project in Mahabubnagar district.[13] However, police reportedly believe that political rivals of Mahato, including organised criminal groups, may have been behind the assassination.[14]
- On 15 March 2007 an attack happened in the rebel stronghold area of Dantewada, in Chhattisgarh state. Fifty-four persons, including 15 personnel of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force, were killed in an offensive by 300 to 350 CPI (Maoist) cadres on a police base camp in the Bastar region in the early hours of Thursday. The remaining victims were tribal youths of Salwa Judum, designated as Special Police Officers (SPOs) and roped in to combat the Maoists. Eleven people were injured. The attack, which lasted nearly two-and-a-half hours, was spearheaded by the "State Military Commission (Maoist)", consisting of about 100 armed Naxalites.[15]
- On 16 February 2008 a group of 50 rebels armed with bombs and firearms, including women cadres, raided a police training school, police station and armoury in Orissa killing 12 police and leaving 4 wounded. Before launching the attack, the Naxals announced that they would not harm the public as their target was the police.[7]
- On 29 June 2008 CPI(M) forces attacked a boat on the Balimela reservoir in Orissa carrying 4 anti-Naxalite police and 60 Greyhound commandos. The boat sunk, killing 38 troops, while 26 survived.[16][17][18] The bodies of a total of 38 Greyhound commandos and police personnel were found after a two-week-long search. They are still looking for 40 missing weapons.[19] The attack came just months after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy stated that the elite commando force, which is the highest paid in the entire country, should have their operations expanded throughout all affected regions and that "things are more or less under control. Every now and then, they (Maoists) indulge in high-profile attacks but that is just to show their token presence".[20]
- On 16 July 2008 a landmine hit a police van in Malkangiri district, killing 21 policemen.[21]
- On 13 April 2009 10 paramilitary troops were killed in eastern Orissa when Maoists attacked a bauxite mine in the Koraput district.[22]
- On 22 May 2009 Naxalite guerrillas ambushed a police party, after luring it into the jungles of Gadchiroli district to investigate a roadblock, killing 16 policemen.[23]
- On 10 June 2009 Nine policemen including paramilitary jawans and a CRPF officer were killed in a Naxalite attack while on routine patrol in what is considered to be a rebel-stronghold area deep in the Saranda jungle. Sudhir Kumar Jha, superintendent of police said: "As Naxalites are aware of the topography and knew that the convoy would have to return through the same spot, they had planted a powerful can-bomb and ambushed the police vehicle."[24]
- On 13 June 2009 Naxalites launched two daylight attacks in and around a small town close to Bokaro, killing 10 policemen and injuring several others using landmines and bombs. Two Naxalite guerrillas were also injured.[25]
- On 16 June 2009 4 policemen were killed and 2 others seriously injured when Maoists ambushed them at Beherakhand in Palamau district. Reportedly the guerrillas were waiting inside the deep jungles and started firing indiscriminately as the policemen went past them, killing four of them on the spot.[26]
- On 16 June 2009 at least 11 police officers were killed in a landmine attack followed by shooting between police and suspected Maoist rebels. 7 rebels were also killed in the gunfire.[27]
- On 23 June 2009 during a 48-hour Bandh orchestrated by the Naxalites in protest against intensified paramilitary activity in Langargh a group of motorcycle borne armed Naxal rebels opened fire at the Lakhisarai district court premises in Bihar and freed four of their comrades. One of the four rescued was Ghaskar Marandi, who is the zonal commander of Ranchi.[28] On the same day the Indian government banned the Communist Party of India (Maoist). Many including the Left Front oppose the ban arguing that "there is a requirement to bring all such outfits back into the mainstream politically."[29]
- On 12 July 2009 at least 29 members of the Indian Police were killed in an ambush attack by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh. (see Rajnandgaon ambush)
- On 19 September 2009, in a fierce gun battle between the CoBRA, and CRPF, against the naxals, over 50 naxals were killed and around 200 captured. 20 soldiers were reported missing.[30]
- On 6 October 2009 the body of a policeman, kidnapped a week before by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand, was found.[31]
- On 8 October 2009 at least 17 members of the Indian Police, including a top commander, were killed in an ambush attack by Maoist rebels in Maharashtra. The fighting started after a group of Maoists attacked a police station in Gadchiroli district.[32]
- On 11 November 2009, India launched a massive military offensive, codenamed Operation Green Hunt, deploying 50,000 soldiers. The operation is planned to last two years, with the objectives of rooting out insurgents and bringing stability to the regions. The Operation had been planned since 9 October 2009.[33][34]
2010
| Date | Event | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 15 February | Shilda camp attack. A Naxalite attack on a para military camp in West Bengal kills 24 para military personnel, with many more reported missing. | 24+ |
| 18 February | The Maoists dragged a doctor out from his house and shot him dead. The Maoists then threatened the villagers with dire consequences if they inform the police.[35] | 1 |
| 18 February | At least 12 villagers were killed and 12 injured in indiscriminate firing by the Maoists in Jamui district of Bihar. 25 village houses were also burned down.[36][37] | 12+ |
| 20 February | Maoists killed a village guard by slitting his throat.[38] | 1 |
| 4 April | 11 policemen were killed and ten wounded when rebels blew up a police bus in Orissa's Koraput district.[39] | 11 |
| 6 April | Dantewada ambush. Naxalite rebels killed 75 Indian paramilitary personnel and 1 state police constable in a series of attacks on security convoys in Dantewada district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.[40] The attack resulted in the biggest loss of life security forces have suffered since launching a large-scale offensive against the rebels.[40] | 76 |
| 30 April | 2 lorry drivers were dragged out from their truck and shot dead.[41] | 2 |
| 2 May | A 16-year old girl who fled the Maoist camp was allegedly raped by the Maoists.[42][43] | - |
| 8 May | Eight Indian paramilitary troopers were killed when Naxalite rebels blew up a police vehicle in the central state of Chhattisgarh.[44] | 8 |
| 16 May | Six villagers were murdered by slitting their throats by the maoists.[45] | 6 |
| 17 May | 2010 Dantewada bus bombing | 44 |
| 28 May | 2010 Gyaneshwari Express derailment | +150[46] |
| 29 June | 2010 Maoist attack in Narayanpur | 26 |
| 8–10 July | Maoist rebels carried out a series of attacks, including shootings and bombings across many numerous Indian states around the country, killing eleven. Six Naxalites were also killed by police[47][48] | 11 |
2011
- On 24 November, Maoist leader, Kishenji, killed by CRPF in a 30-minute encounter, alongside six other Naxals.[49]
2012
| Date | Event | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 10 June | A CRPF trooper was killed in a blast by Maoists in a forested area in Gaya.[50] | 1 |
| 29 June | 17 men, and one woman, suspected to be Naxalites, were killed in an encounter, and seven were arrested. 6 CRPF soldiers were injured.[51] | 18 |
| 1 July | 36 Maoist rebels were arrested in Vishakapatnam, including Lambayya, a Naxalite leader, with a bounty of Rs. 30,000 on his head.[52] | - |
| 18 Oct | Six CRPF men were killed and eight personnel, including a deputy commandant, were injured in landmine blasts and gunbattle between the cops and the Maoists that followed the explosions during an anti-Naxal operation near Barha village under the Dumaria police station in Gaya district.[53] | 6 |
2013
- 25 May 2013: 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley resulted in the deaths of around 25 Indian National Congress leaders including the former state minister Mahendra Karma and the Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel.[54]
- 2 July 2013: At least five policemen including Pakur Superintendent of Police were killed in an attack.
- On 3 December 2013, in a Maoist attack, killed at least 7 policemen in Bihar.[55][56]
2014
- 28 February 2014 : Six police personnel, including a SHO, killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. [57]
- 11 March 2014: 16 People including 11 CRPF Personnel, 4 Policemen and 1 Civilian killed in a deadly ambush in a thickly forested area of Gheeram Ghati in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.[58]
- 11 May 2014: 7 police commandos killed in a Maoists landmine blast in the forests of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.[59]
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