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Naxalbari uprising

1967

Armed peasant revolt in 1967 in the Naxalbari block of Siliguri subdivision in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. It took place in 1967. The setting was Naksalbari. It was part of the Cold War and Naxalite–Maoist insurgency. Those involved included West Bengal Police, Swatantra Party, India and the Bangla Congress.

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