50 years of Naxalbari movement: is the Naxalbari movement on its last legs?

Naxal Bari movement

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50 years later they know the Naxalite movement which swept the region and rewrote the politics of West Bengal is on its last legs. It began as a protest by farmers from three villages adjoining Naxalbari in North Bengal against landlords. The state government crackdown proved to be the trigger setting in play class struggle through violence.



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