Maoism

Maoism                                                                                            
Origin of Maoism
Maoism Is a political theory derived from the teaching of the great Chinese political leader moa Zedong (1893-1976) that is why is it is also called Mao Zedong thought. Those who follow the teaching are called Maoists this is sometimes considered as anti-revisionist form of Marxism. It was developed during 1950s and 60s and was widely applied as the political and military guiding ideology of communist party of china .Maoism's political orientation emphasizes the "revolutionary struggle of the vast majority of people against the exploiting classes and their state structures", which Mao termed a "People's War". Usually involving peasants, its military strategies have involved guerrilla war tactic.
Maoism in India
The communist party of India (Maoist) is an underground political party in India which aims to overthrow the government through people war means. It was founded on 21 September 2004 through the merger of the peoples war and Maoists communist centre (mcc) the merger was announced on October 14 the same year in the merger a provisional central committee was constituted with the former people war group leader Muppala Lakshamana Rao alias Ganapathi a general secretary The term Naxalites comes from Naxalbari, a small village in West Bengal, where a section of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) led initiated a violent uprising in 1967. On May 18, 1967, the Siliguri Kishan Sabha, declared their readiness to adopt armed struggle to redistribute land to the landless.[16] The following week, a sharecopper near Naxalbari village was attacked by the landlord's men over a land dispute. On May 24, when a police team arrived to arrest the peasant leaders, it was ambushed by a group of tribals , and a police inspector was killed in a hail of arrows. This event encouraged many Santhal tribals and other poor people to join the movement and to start...