SS:India on Monday declared the country free of the Maoist insurgency, fulfilling a long-standing deadline to defeat the decades-long rebellion.India in the last two years had stepped up its campaign against the last remnants of the Naxalite rebellion.
The rebellion controlled nearly a third of the country with an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 fighters at its peak in the mid-2000s, but had been dramatically weakened in recent years.
In 2025, security forces killed 364 insurgents, arrested 1,022, and another 2,337 surrendered, including senior leaders, according to statistics tabled in India’s parliament.
Civilian and security force deaths have dropped by 90 percent since 2010, and annual Maoist attacks have fallen from more than 1,900 to roughly 200 last year.
Shah said the government strengthened the capacities of local police forces in the states affected by the insurgency and intensified coordination between security forces.
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I’m sorry, a maoist insurgency controlled *a third* of india in the last 20 years? How did I miss this?
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SS:India on Monday declared the country free of the Maoist insurgency, fulfilling a long-standing deadline to defeat the decades-long rebellion.India in the last two years had stepped up its campaign against the last remnants of the Naxalite rebellion.
The rebellion controlled nearly a third of the country with an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 fighters at its peak in the mid-2000s, but had been dramatically weakened in recent years.
In 2025, security forces killed 364 insurgents, arrested 1,022, and another 2,337 surrendered, including senior leaders, according to statistics tabled in India’s parliament.
Civilian and security force deaths have dropped by 90 percent since 2010, and annual Maoist attacks have fallen from more than 1,900 to roughly 200 last year.
Shah said the government strengthened the capacities of local police forces in the states affected by the insurgency and intensified coordination between security forces.
I’m sorry, a maoist insurgency controlled *a third* of india in the last 20 years? How did I miss this?
https://preview.redd.it/0xpoielxwdsg1.jpeg?width=1069&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=622337992e58229acdd5f7dd1128346d839e7fca
At its height in the 2000s