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title: "Naxalbari Uprising (1967): Origins of Naxalism"
description: "The Naxalbari Uprising was a 1967 armed peasant revolt in West Bengal that birthed India's Naxalite movement and CPI(ML). Key UPSC GS3 internal-security topic."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Naxalbari Uprising was a 1967 peasant insurrection in West Bengal that launched India's Maoist Naxalite movement against landlordism and the state.
- Why is the movement called 'Naxalite'?
- How does Naxalism differ from secessionist insurgencies in India?
- What was the role of Charu Mazumdar?
- Is Naxalism still active today?

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1. 18 May 1967

   The proximate trigger came on , when a peasant who had secured a court order for his land was attacked by the landlord's men.

2. 24 May 1967

   On a police party that entered Naxalbari to make arrests was confronted by villagers; a police inspector, Sonam Wangdi, was killed by an arrow.

3. 25 May 1967

   The following day, , police opened fire at Prasadujote, killing eleven people, including seven women and two children.

4. 22 April 1969

   This split was institutionalised when the dissidents formed the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR) in November 1967, whic…

5. 28 July 1972

   The Indian state responded with large police and paramilitary operations; Charu Mazumdar was arrested in Calcutta and died in police custody on , an event th…

6. 21 September 2004

   Decades later the insurgency reconstituted itself when the People's War Group and the Maoist Communist Centre merged on to form the Communist Party of India…

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In May 1967, sharecroppers led by Charu Mazumdar, Kanu Sanyal, and Jangal Santhal seized land in Naxalbari, West Bengal, and a police firing on 25 May killed eleven villagers, igniting India's Naxalite movement.

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