Armed conflict

India: Government

1991 – 2025 · 19.13° N, 81.40° E

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When
1991 – 2025
Kind
Armed conflict
Deaths
7,836
Coordinates
19.13° N, 81.40° E
Incompatibility
government
Type of conflict
intrastate
Region
Asia
Location
India
Side a
Government of India
Side b
PWG, MCC, CPI-ML-J, CPI-Maoist

Placed at the middle of its 2,543 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Indian anti-government conflict since 1967

The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between the Government of India and communist groups. The Naxalites are a group of communist organisations following Maoist political sentiment and ideology, and claim to be fighting for rural poor and wage a people's war against the government.

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