Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan

Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan
AbbreviationKAMS
PredecessorAdivasi Mahila Sangathan
FounderCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War
Dissolvedn/a
TypeVoluntary association
Legal statusBanned
PurposeTo fight against the exploitation, oppression and atrocities faced by women
Parent organization
Communist Party of India (Maoist)[1][2]
Volunteers
90,000 – 100,000 (2013)

Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (English: Revolutionary Adivasi Women's Organisation)[3] is a banned[4] women's organisation based in India. The Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (KAMS) is a successor of the Adivasi Mahila Sanghathana (AMS).[5] The foundation of the AMS was laid by the Maoists in 1986.[6]

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  2. ^ "Subalterns and Sovereigns" (PDF). University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rahul was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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