Srikakulam peasant uprising | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the origins of Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
India | CPI (ML) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Vempatapu Satyanarayana † Adibhatla Kailasam † | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
CRPF | Local peasantry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
120 CRPF killed | Unknown |
Part of a series on |
Communism in India |
---|
Communism portal |
The Srikakulam peasant uprising occurred from 1967 to 1970, in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Naxalbari uprising at the beginning of the Naxalite movement during the 1960s inspired the upsurge.[1][2]