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India’s Simmering Revolution: The Naxalite Uprising

By Sumanta Banerjee

Book information

Publisher
Zed books
Year
1984
ISBN
0862320380, 9780862320386
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15444579 bytes)
Edition
revised, updated
Pages
464\177
Time added
2019-10-27 08:48:58

Description

The author analyses the rural and urban conditions of poverty and oppression that fuelled the rising. He tells the story of the actual course of the revolt from its initial outburst in Naxalbari, through the founding of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), to the subsequent divisions and defeat. In a majpr new Conclusion for this edition, he analyses the resurrection of Naxalite activity in recent years and what it portends for India's future stability.

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