The Naxalbari Movement: From Peasant Revolt to Social Movement
Introduction In the mid‑1960s, as independent India was grappling with deep-seated agrarian inequalities and the incomplete promise of postcolonial land reforms, a radical new form of peasant mobilization emerged in a small village in North Bengal. The Naxalbari movement of 1967–71 signified not only a spontaneous reaction against exploitative agrarian practices but also a turning […]
