Naxalbari uprising

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The Naxalbari uprising was a 1967 peasant revolt in West Bengal, India, that sparked the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency and became a landmark event in the country’s left-wing radical movement.

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Naxalbari uprising canonical 5
Naxalbari movement 1
Naxalbari revolt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
peasant uprising ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Naxalbari movement ⓘ
linked to: Naxalbari uprising

Naxalbari revolt ⓘ
linked to: Naxalbari uprising
country India ⓘ
describedAs landmark event in India’s left-wing radical movement ⓘ
spark for the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency ⓘ
endTime 1967-07 ⓘ
hasBroaderContext Sino-Soviet split ⓘ
linked to: Sino–Soviet split

global wave of 1960s radical movements ⓘ
hasCause agrarian unrest ⓘ
feudal land relations ⓘ
influence of Maoist ideology ⓘ
landlessness of peasants ⓘ
split within the Communist Party of India (Marxist) ⓘ
hasEffect debates within Indian left on armed struggle ⓘ
emergence of Naxalism as a national phenomenon ⓘ
increased state focus on internal security ⓘ
ideology Maoism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
inspired Naxalite–Maoist insurgency ⓘ
formation of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) ⓘ
spread of Naxalite movement to other parts of India ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Darjeeling district ⓘ
Naxalbari ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
mainParticipants landless peasants ⓘ
local communist cadres ⓘ
sharecroppers ⓘ
tea garden workers ⓘ
tribal peasants ⓘ
namedAfter Naxalbari ⓘ
opposedBy Government of West Bengal ⓘ
Indian police ⓘ
landlords ⓘ
partOf Naxalite movement ⓘ
history of communism in India ⓘ
peasant movements in India ⓘ
result radicalization of left-wing politics in India ⓘ
suppression by state forces ⓘ
significantEvent killing of a police inspector in May 1967 ⓘ
police firing on villagers at Naxalbari ⓘ
startTime 1967-03 ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
post-independence India ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Corridor conflict → notableEvent → Naxalbari uprising ⓘ
Naxalite groups → namedAfter → Naxalbari uprising ⓘ
Naxalbari uprising → alsoKnownAs → Naxalbari revolt ⓘ
linked to: Naxalbari uprising
Naxalbari uprising → alsoKnownAs → Naxalbari movement ⓘ
linked to: Naxalbari uprising
Naxalbari → historicalEvent → Naxalbari uprising ⓘ
subject linked to: Naxalbari, West Bengal, India
Naxalbari → namedAfter → Naxalbari uprising ⓘ
subject linked to: Naxalbari, West Bengal, India