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- noun Plural form of
Naxalite .
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Examples
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Local CPM leaders — Kanu Sanyal and Charu Mazumdar — led a peasant uprising in the district of Naxalbari which is where the term Naxalites comes from.
Arundathi Roy Interview - It’s outright war and both sides are choosing their weapons' Abhay N 2007
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The Maoists, inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, are also known by the name of Naxalites, named after Naxalbari, the town in West Bengal where the movement began as a peasant uprising in the late 1960s.
India Says Maoist Leader Likely Killed Vibhuti Agarwal 2011
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The Maoist movement -- whose members are often called Naxalites after the village of Naxalbari in the eastern state of West Bengal where the rebellion began in 1967 – has been referred to by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the most pressing internal security threat that India faces.
Binayak Sen Bail Hearing Postponed Vibhuti Agarwal 2011
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I think that the main difference with the Tamils or the Naxalites, is that Israel does not claim sovereignty over the West Bank/Gaza, so it seems that only the PA – which has been recognized in some degree by several many countries after Oslo – has some colorable clain to sovereignty.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Palestinian Authority and the ICC 2010
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Maoist rebels are often called Naxalites after the Naxalbari area in West Bengal state where the movement first emerged in the late 1960s.
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Maoist rebels are often called Naxalites after the Naxalbari area in neighboring West
The Seattle Times 2010
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Maoist rebels are often called Naxalites after the Naxalbari area in West Bengal state where the movement first emerged in the late 1960s.
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Maoist rebels are often called Naxalites after the Naxalbari area in West Bengal state where the movement first emerged in the late 1960s.
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India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has, since November 2004, repeatedly declared that the Maoists - in local parlance, also called 'Naxalites' - constitute the country's "greatest internal security challenge".
Latest Articles eurasiareview.com 2010
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The Maoists insurgents are known in India as "Naxalites" - they began their campaign in
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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