Forest Hideouts To Mass Surrenders: 45-Year Timeline Of Naxalism In Maharashtra
Mumbai: Residents of eastern Maharashtra have lived in the shadow of the Dandakaranya forest conflict for over forty years, ever since Naxalism first crossed the border from Andhra Pradesh in the early 1980s. The movement primarily spread into Gadchiroli, which was then part of Chandrapur district, and adjoining Gondia, then part of Bhandara district. Maoist…