Timeline of the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

This is a timeline of the 1967–present Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in eastern India.

1960s-1977

 * The communists in 1965-66 already had gained grounds in the Naxalbari region. The so-called "siliguri group" launched the uprising by giving the call for initiation of armed struggle. Many peasant cells were created throughout the region.
 * On 3 March 1967, some peasants seized a plot of land in the region and started harvesting crops. By 18 March the peasants started seizing land from jotedars (landowners who owned large plots of land in the region were called jotedars).
 * The inspector of Jharugaon village was killed by peasant committee members. In retaliation the police opened fire killing nine women and one child on 25 May 1967.
 * The Communist Party of India (Marxist:Leninist) was formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR) at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass meeting in Calcutta on 22 April (Lenin's birthday).
 * In 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared Emergency due to internal trouble. Indira government fell after a huge loss in 1977 election.

1977-1990s

 * On 22 April 1980, the Communist Party of India (Marxist:Leninist) People's War, commonly called the People's War Group (PWG) was founded by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah.
 * On 12 February 1992, 37 or 38 people belonging to the Bhumihar community were killed in Bara village, Gaya district, Bihar.
 * On 1 December 1997 believing that the village's Dalits, mostly poor and landless, were sympathizers to the Maoists behind the Bara village massacre, the upper caste Ranvir Sena entered Laxmanpur Bathe village in Arwal district in Bihar and massacred 58 Dalits.
 * On 18 March 1999, 34 people belonging to the Bhumihar community were killed in Senari village, Jehanabad district, Bihar.

2002
The People's War Group (PWG) intensified its attacks against politicians, police officers, and land and business owners in response to a July ban imposed on the group by the Andhra Pradesh government. The government responded by tightening security, allegedly ordering attacks on suspected PWG members by state police and the "Green Tigers". Police forces continued to have virtual impunity for the killing of PWG rebels during police encounters. The Maoist Communist Center rebels intensified their armed campaign against Indian security forces following the killing of their leader by police in December. An estimated 140 people were killed in fighting between the PWG and government forces throughout the year. According to government reports, 482 people have died during the conflict in 2002.

2004
Sporadic, low:intensity fighting between the PWG and government forces continued for most of the year. Attacks on police and Telugu Desam Party officials, believed to be carried out by the PWG, accounted for most major incidents and deaths. A three:month cease:fire, announced in late June, led to failed negotiations between the government and the PWG. A few days into the cease:fire, an attack attributed to the PWG placed the cease:fire in jeopardy. More than 500 people were killed in sporadic, low:intensity fighting, a reduction from previous years. Most victims were members of the police forces or the Telugu Desam Party (a regional political party).


 * The Communist Party of India (Maoist) was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War (People's War Group), and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI).

2005
Violent clashes between Maoist rebels and state security forces and paramilitary groups increased following the breakdown of peace talks between the PWG and the state government of Andhra Pradesh. Rebels continued to employ a wide range of low intensity guerrilla tactics against government institutions, officials, security forces and paramilitary groups. For the first time in recent years, Maoist rebels launched two large scale attacks against urban government targets. Fighting was reported in 12 states covering most of south, central and north India with the exception of India's northeast and northwest. More than 700 people were reported killed this year in violent clashes. Over one:third of those killed were civilians.


 * In January 2005, talks between the Andhra Pradesh state government and the CPI-Maoists broke down and the rebels accused authorities of not addressing their demands for a written truce, release of prisoners and redistribution of land. The ongoing conflict had taken place over a vast territory (around half of India's 28 states) with hundreds of people being killed annually in clashes between the CPI (Maoists) and the government every year since 2005.
 * In February 2005, the CPI (Maoist) killed 7 policemen, a civilian and injured many more during a mass attack on a school building in Venkatammanahalli village, Pavgada, Tumkur, Karnataka. On 17 August 2005, the government of Andhra Pradesh outlawed the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and various mass organisations close to it, and began to arrest suspected members and sympathizers days afterwards. The arrested included former emissaries at the peace talks of 2004.
 * On 13 November 2005, CPI (Maoist) fighters stunned authorities by attacking Jehanabad in Bihar, freeing 250 captured comrades and taking twenty imprisoned paramilitaries and executed their leader. They also detonated several bombs in the town. A prison guard was also reported killed.

2006
Maoist attacks continued, primarily on government and police targets. Civilians were also impacted by landmine attacks affecting railway cars and truck convoys. Clashes between state police and rebels also resulted in deaths of members of both parties, and civilians that were caught in the firing. Fighting differs from state to state, depending on security and police force responses. In the state of Andhra Pradesh, security forces have been somewhat successful in maintaining control and combating Maoist rebels. The other state that is most affected, Chhattisgarh, has seen an increase in violence between Maoist rebels and villagers who are supported by the government. In 2006, 500 to 750 people were estimated killed, fewer than half Naxalites, and approximately one-third civilians.


 * There were more than 40,000 displaced people in 2006.
 * On 28 February 2006, the Maoists attacked several anti:Maoist protesters in Erraboru village in Chhattisgarh using landmines, killing 25 people.
 * On 24 March 2006, over 500 heavily armed rebels attacked police camps in Orissa's Udayagiri town of Gajapati district, freeing 40 prisoners from the jail.
 * On 16 July 2006, the Maoists attacked a relief camp in the Dantewada district where several villagers were kidnapped. The death toll was 29.
 * On 18 October 2006, women belonging to the Maoist guerrilla forces blasted four government buildings in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. On the day before, over a dozen armed cadres of the group, with support from male colleagues, blocked traffic on the Antagarh:Koylibera Road in the Kanker district, near the city of Raipur. They also detonated explosives inside four buildings, including two schools, in Kanker. This incident occurred two days after a major leader of the party's operations in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, Kone Kedandam, surrendered to authorities in the town of Srikakulam.
 * On 2 December 2006, the BBC reported that at least 14 Indian policemen had been killed by Maoists in a landmine ambush near the town of Bokaro, 80 miles from Ranchi, the capital of the State of Jharkhand.

2007
Fighting continued between Naxalite Maoists and government security forces throughout the year. The majority of hostilities took place in Chhattisgarh, which turned especially deadly when over 400 Naxalites attacked a Chhattisgarh police station, seizing arms and killing dozens.
 * In November 2007, reports emerged that anti SEZ (Special Economic Zone) movements such as the Bhoomi Uchched Pratirodh Committee in Nandigram in West Bengal, which arose after the land appropriation and human displacement following the SEZ Act of 2005, have joined forces with the Naxalites since February to keep the police out. Police found weapons belonging to Maoists near Nandigram. Civilians were forced to choose between joining the Maoist insurgence or supporting the Salwa Judum and face coercion from both sides. According to news reports, this conflict resulted in 650 deaths during 2007; of these 240 were civilians, 218 security personnel and 192 militants.
 * On 4 March 2007, Maoist shot dead a member of the parliament (Sunil Mahato) of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party from Jharkhand state.
 * On 5 March 2007, Maoist shot dead a local Congress leader (Komati Prakash, a member of the local Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP)) in Andhra Pradesh while he was inspecting a road construction project in Mahabubnagar district. However, police reportedly believe that political rivals of Mahato, including organised criminal groups, may have been behind the assassination.
 * On 15 March 2007, an attack happened in the rebel stronghold area of Dantewada, in Chhattisgarh state. Fifty:four persons, including 15 personnel of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force, were killed in an offensive by 300 to 350 CPI (Maoist) cadres on a police base camp in the Bastar region in the early hours of Thursday. The remaining victims were tribal youths of Salwa Judum, designated as Special Police Officers (SPOs) and brought in to combat the Maoists. Eleven people were injured. The attack, which lasted nearly two:and:a:half hours, was spearheaded by the "State Military Commission (Maoist)", consisting of about 100 armed Naxalites.

2008
Civilians were most impacted by the ongoing fighting between Maoist rebels and government security forces. Of the 16 states affected by this conflict, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were the most impacted. One positive note for Chhattisgarh was that fatalities, although still high, were significantly down from 2007. Similarly, Andhra Pradesh, the state with the most Maoist activity a few years ago, has improved security with a corresponding drop in fatality rates. Unfortunately, as conditions have improved in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, the Maoist forces seem to have shifted their operations to the state of Orissa where conditions have worsened. South Asia Terrorism Portal's fatality count across the six states that saw the majority of the fighting (Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh) was 794. This included 399 civilians, 221 security force personnel and 174 insurgents.


 * 16 February: A group of 50 rebels armed with bombs and firearms, including women cadres, raided a police training school, police station and armoury in Orissa killing 12 police and leaving 4 wounded. Before launching the attack, the Naxals announced that they would not harm the public as their target was the police.
 * 29 June: CPI(M) forces attacked a boat on the Balimela reservoir in Orissa carrying 4 anti:Naxalite police and 60 Greyhound commandos. The boat sunk, killing 38 troops, while 26 survived.  The bodies of a total of 38 Greyhound commandos and police personnel were found after a two:week:long search. They are still looking for 40 missing weapons. The attack came just months after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy stated that the elite commando force, which is the highest paid in the entire country, should have their operations expanded throughout all affected regions and that "things are more or less under control. Every now and then, they (Maoists) indulge in high:profile attacks but that is just to show their token presence".
 * 16 July: A landmine hit a police van in Malkangiri district, killing 21 policemen.
 * 13 April: 10 paramilitary troops were killed in eastern Orissa when Maoists attacked a bauxite mine in the Koraput district.

2009
In 2009, Naxalites were active across approximately 180 districts in ten states of India. Around 1100 people died, including 600 civilians, 300 security personnel and 200 naxals.


 * February: The Indian central government announced a new nationwide initiative to be called the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for broad coordinated operations aimed at combatting and undermining support for the Naxalites in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. This plan included funding for grass:roots economic development projects in Naxalite:affected areas as well as increased special police funding for better containment and reduction of Naxalite influence. After the first full year of implementation of the national IAP program, Karnataka was removed from the list of Naxal:affected states in August 2010. In July 2011, the number of Naxal:affected areas was reduced to 83 districts across nine states.
 * 22 May: Naxalite guerrillas ambushed a police party, after luring it into the jungles of Gadchiroli district to investigate a roadblock, killing 16 policemen.
 * 10 June: Nine policemen including paramilitary jawans and a CRPF officer were killed in a Naxalite attack while on routine patrol in what is considered to be a rebel:stronghold area deep in the Saranda jungle. Sudhir Kumar Jha, superintendent of police said: "As Naxalites are aware of the topography and knew that the convoy would have to return through the same spot, they had planted a powerful can:bomb and ambushed the police vehicle."
 * 12 June: 29 Police Personnel including The Superintendent of Police of Rajnadgaon district, Shri Vinod Kumar Chaubey, was martyred which was occur in Rajnandgaon.
 * 13 June: Naxalites launched two daylight attacks in and around a small town close to Bokaro, killing 10 policemen and injuring several others using landmines and bombs. Two Naxalite guerrillas were also injured.
 * 16 June: 4 policemen were killed and 2 others seriously injured when Maoists ambushed them at Beherakhand in Palamau district. Reportedly the guerrillas were waiting inside the deep jungles and started firing indiscriminately as the policemen went past them, killing four of them on the spot.
 * 16 June: At least 11 police officers were killed in a landmine attack followed by shooting between police and suspected Maoist rebels. 7 rebels were also killed in the gunfire.
 * 23 June: During a 48-hour Bandh orchestrated by the Naxalites in protest against intensified paramilitary activity in Langargh a group of motorcycle borne armed Naxal rebels opened fire at the Lakhisarai district court premises in Bihar and freed four of their comrades. One of the four rescued was Ghaskar Marandi, who is the zonal commander of Ranchi. On the same day the Indian government banned the Communist Party of India (Maoist). Many including the Left Front oppose the ban arguing that "there is a requirement to bring all such outfits back into the mainstream politically."
 * 12 July: At least 29 members of the Indian Police were killed in an ambush attack by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh. (see Rajnandgaon ambush)
 * 19 September: In a fierce gun battle between the CoBRA, and CRPF, against the naxals, over 50 naxals were killed and around 200 captured. 20 soldiers were reported missing.
 * September: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted that the Maoists had growing appeal among a large section of Indian society, including tribal communities, the rural poor as well as sections of the intelligentsia and the youth. He added that "Dealing with left:wing extremism requires a nuanced strategy : a holistic approach. It cannot be treated simply as a law and order problem." In the first half of 2009, 56 Maoist attacks were reported. The South Asia Terrorism Portal reported 998 killed in the conflict: 392 civilians, 312 security forces and 294 rebels.
 * 6 October: The body of a policeman, kidnapped a week before by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand, was found.
 * 8 October: At least 17 members of the Indian Police, including a top commander, were killed in an ambush attack by Maoist rebels in Maharashtra. The fighting started after a group of Maoists attacked a police station in Gadchiroli district.
 * 11 November: The Indias state launched a massive military offensive, codenamed Operation Green Hunt, deploying 50,000 soldiers. The operation is planned to last two years, with the objectives of rooting out insurgents and bringing stability to the regions. The Operation had been planned since 9 October 2009.

2010

 * During February 2010, the Silda camp attack killed 24 paramilitary personnel of the Eastern Frontier Rifles in an operation the guerillas stated was the beginning of "Operation Peace Hunt", the Maoist answer to the government "Operation Green Hunt" that was recently launched against them. According to Crisis Watch and various news sources, between 500 and 600 people were killed this year. Of those killed, approximately 366 were civilians, 188 were government troops (including police) and 27 were Naxalites. According to South Asia Terrorism Portal and government sources, over 1,000 deaths occurred in the conflict this year. This includes 277 security forces, 277 Naxalites, and more than 600 civilian.
 * On 6 April 2010, Naxalite rebels killed 76, consisting of 74 paramilitary personnel of the CRPF and two policemen. Fifty others were wounded in the series of attacks on security convoys in Dantewada district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The attack resulted in the biggest loss of life security forces have suffered since launching a large:scale offensive against the rebels.
 * On 17 May, a Naxalite landmine destroyed a bus in Dantewada district, killing up to 44 people including several Special Police Officers (SPOs) and civilians.
 * On 17 May 2010, Naxals blew up a bus on Dantewda:Sukhma road in Chhattisgarh, killing 15 policemen and 20 civilians. In the third major attack by Naxals on 29 June, at least 26 personnel of the CRPF were killed in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh.
 * On 28 May 2010, the derailment of a Kolkata:Mumbai night train killed at least 150 persons. Police alleged that Maoists had caused the derailment by removing a short (46 cm or 1½ft) piece of track, but the Maoists denied this.
 * On 29 June 2010, at least 26 policemen are killed in a Maoist attack in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
 * On 29 August 2010, a joint team of BSF and district police was attacked by the rebels in Bhuski village (Chhattisgarh) under Durg Kondal police station in the district while they were conducting routine search operations in the wee hours. Following the attack, the forces retaliated and in the action they lost five security personnel, including three BSF jawans.
 * On 29-30 August 2010, rebels ambushed a joint paramilitary:police team in Bihar, killing 10, wounding 10 more, taking 4 prisoners and robbing more than 35 automatic rifles from the state forces. The Naxalites later freed 3 of the policemen after Naxal leader Kishenji met with worried family members.
 * On 12 September 2010, Naxalites killed 3 policemen and took 4 more hostage in an ambush in Chhattisgarh. The 4 policemen were later released without conditions after Naxal leaders listened to the appeals of family members. The freed policemen also promised the Naxals to never take up arms against the insurgency again.
 * On 5 October 2010, rebels killed 4 Police officers as they were on their way to a market in Maharashtra.
 * On 7 October 2010, Naxalites attempted derailment of Triveni express, a train of Singrauli:Bareilly route, by removing 4 fishplates and 42 sleeper clips.
 * On 8 October 2010, Naxalites triggered a landmine in the border area between Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. The attack killed 3 Indo:Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans, wounded 2 more and destroyed a military jeep.
 * According to a 2010 study by the newspaper The Times of India, 58% of people surveyed in the state of Andhra Pradesh had a positive perception of the guerrilla, and only 19% against it.

2011
Despite the continued violence in 2011, the most recent central government campaign to contain and reduce the militant Naxalite presence appears to be having some success, the 2011 toll of 447 civilians and 142 security personnel killed having been nearly 50% lower than the 2010 toll. Some states experiencing this sharp reduction in Naxalite hostilities, such as Madhya Pradesh, attribute their success to their use of IAP funds for rural development. Soni Sori, an Indian activist and political leader, went on a hunger strike after being denied access to visit Hidme's district or her family members. She has been a vocal voice against instances of gender:related violence. The Delhi Police's Crime Branch for Chhattisgarh arrested her in 2011 on charges of acting as a conduit for Maoists.


 * During May 2011, Naxalites killed and dismembered ten policemen, including one senior officer in the Gariyaband, Chhattisgarh area on the border with Orissa.
 * In June 2011, the total fatalities of both the police and the paramilitary was 43.
 * On 21 July 2011, Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh blew up a bridge, killing four people and wounding five others. The attack happened when the Congress party chief of the state, Nandkumar Patel, was returning from a party function.
 * On 24 November, Maoist leader, Kishenji, killed by CRPF in a 30:minute encounter, alongside six other Naxals.

2012
In Mid March, Maoist rebels kidnapped two Italians in Orissa. They later released one, while the government of Orissa negotiated for the release of the second. The Maoists released the second hostage in the middle of April. The Member of the Legislative Assembly(MLA) of Laxmipur constituency (Orissa), Jhin Hikka, was abducted by the Maoists in March, who demand the release of 30 Maoist cadres (presently in jail) in exchange for the freedom of the MLA. The Orissa Government is negotiating with the cadres with the help of arbitrators to free the MLA.

On 27 March 2012, an explosion blamed on Maoists killed 15 Indian policemen in Maharashtra.

2013

 * 25 May 2013: The 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley resulted in the deaths of around 24 Indian National Congress leaders including the former state minister Mahendra Karma and the Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel.
 * The Naxalite-Maoist insurgency again gained international media attention after the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley resulted in the deaths of around 24 Indian National Congress leaders, including the former state minister Mahendra Karma and the Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel.
 * 2 June: At least five policemen including Pakur Superintendent of Police were killed in an attack.
 * 3 December: 7 policemen were killed in Aurangabad district, Bihar when their vehicle was blown up in a landmine blast.

2014

 * 28 February: Six police personnel, including a SHO, killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.
 * 11 March: 2014 Chhattisgarh attack : Sixteen people, including 11 CRPF personnel, 4 policemen and 1 civilian killed in an ambush in a thickly forested area of Gheeram Ghati in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
 * 11 May: 7 police commandos killed in a Maoists landmine blast in the forests of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
 * Four (CAF) Jawans were killed in a Maoist ambush near Kirandul, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh.
 * 1 December 2014: Monday killed 14 CRPF personnel and 12 injured in south Chhattisgarh's Sukma district

2015

 * 11 April: 7 Special Task Force (STF) personnel were killed in a Maoist ambush near Kankerlanka, Sukma, *Chhattisgarh.
 * 12 April: 1 BSF Jawan was killed in a Maoist attack near Bande, Kanker, Chhattisgarh.
 * 13 April: 4 Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) Jawans were killed in a Maoist ambush near Kirandul, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. A trooper was also killed earlier that morning.

2016

 * May: Three Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency:hit Bastar region in May. They were identified as LOS (local organisation squad) ‘commander’ of Darbha ‘division by the police.
 * June: Madkam Hidme, an Adivasi woman from the Sukma district, was found dead with multiple injuries, allegedly in a Naxal uniform and a gun next to her.  The police held that she was a member of Naxal Platoon 8 where she was killed in a police encounter. Her family members said that Hidme was dragged out of her home by men dressed in police uniforms and beaten up by them.  Hidme's mother was apparently hit until she was knocked out. Hidme's body was returned under plastic, hours later, and reportedly displayed signs of a brutal rape. A protest took place outside the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board office in the city of Kolkata, where activists demanded justice. Hidme's mother also filed a petition with the Chhattisgarh High Court pushing for an inquiry into the case. The court finally ordered the exhumation of the victim's body, which was apparently buried with salt and sand to conceal evidence of the torture inflicted.
 * 24 October: 24 Naxalites were killed by Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds forces in encounter that took place in the cut:off area of remote Chitrakonda on Andhra:Odisha border.
 * On November: Three Naxalites were killed near Karulai in an encounter with Kerala police. Naxalite leader Kappu Devaraj from Andhra Pradesh is included in the list of killed in the incident.
 * Late November: In Jharkhand, six Naxalites were killed in a gun battle with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandos. The CRPF recovered 600 bullets of various calibre, about 12 IEDs, an INSAS rifle, an SLR, a carbine and three other guns.
 * 6 December: A CRPF trooper was killed and another wounded as Maoists set off three Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts and fired at separate places in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Tuesday.

2017

 * 10 January: At least 4 Naxalites, including a woman and a police jawan were killed in a fierce gun battle between rebels and security forces.
 * 18 January: At least two women and a minor girl were killed while four others injured when a pressure landmine, suspected to have been laid by Naxals.
 * 23 January: Maoists set on fire at least 15 vehicles and machines engaged in road construction works in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district today, police said.
 * 1 February: At least 8 policemen were killed in a land mine blast suspected to have been carried out by Maoist rebels in Koraput region, nearly 550 kilometers (345 miles) south of Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state.
 * 8 March: 4 Maoists, including a self:styled zonal commander, were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in Banskatwa forest area in Bihar's Gaya district.
 * 11 March: Suspected Maoist rebels killed 11 paramilitary commandos and injured 3 police officers in Chhattisgarh after ambushing their convoy, police said.
 * 22 March: Six suspected Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh
 * 24 April: 2017 Sukma attack: Suspected Maoist rebels ambushed a group of Central Reserve Police Force officers who were guarding road workers in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. At least 25 CRPF soldiers were killed and 7 others were critically injured in the attack, which was one of the deadliest in recent years. Maoists killed 11 soldiers in a similar ambush in the same district at the beginning of March.
 * 26 April: An exchange of fire took place between police and Naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency:hit Gariaband district today. However, no casualty was reported from either side.

2018
Total Incidents 21 happened 94 (+1) killed 20 wounded.
 * 2 January: A Central Reserve Police Force jawan was killed after receiving bullet injury in head during exchange of fire between Naxalites at hills of Chakarbandha on the border of Gaya and Aurangabad districts.
 * 6 January: Naxalites gunned down the village sarpanch of Chindugarh village near Koleng in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.
 * 20 January: A policeman was injured after Naxalites triggered an improvised explosive device near a market in Chhattisgarh's insurgency:hit Dantewada district.
 * 24 January: Four police personnel, including two sub:inspectors, were killed and seven others injured in a gun:fight with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district.
 * 11 February: A District Reserve Guard was killed when a pressure bomb planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
 * 18 February: Two personnel of the Chhattisgarh police and a civilian were killed and six others injured in a gunfight with the outlawed CPI (Maoist) at Bhejji in Sukma district, south Chhattisgarh. The security forces killed one Maoist in another exchange of fire at Errabore.
 * 25 February: Two Chhattisgarh Armed Force personnel, including an assistant platoon commander, were injured in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
 * 26 February: Three security personnel were injured in an encounter with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
 * 1 March: An encounter between Naxalites and the police leaves 12 Naxalite fighters, including the Telangana Naxalite secretary, and one Greyhounds constable dead in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
 * 6 March: An encounter with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district kills two BSF personnel.
 * 6 March: Naxalites shoot dead a former police officer and burned three buses in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.
 * 13 March: A Naxalite IED explodes in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, killing 9 CRPF soldiers.
 * 26 March: Odisha police kill 4 Naxalite fighters in a shootout in Odisha's Narayanpatna district.
 * 26 March: A Naxalite ambush and IED explosion injured one CRPF officer in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
 * 3 April: A shootout between Naxalites and the police kills three Naxalites in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.
 * 9 April: A Naxalite planted bomb kills two policemen and injures 5 civilians in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
 * 22-24 April: 37 Naxalite fighters are killed in a three day gun battle with police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.
 * 27 April: Fighting in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district kills 7 Naxalites.
 * 6 May: Naxalites opened fire in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district, killing a constable and injuring a civilian.
 * 13 May: An encounter between the Naxalites and the police leaves two Naxalites dead in Odisha's Bolangir district.
 * 20 May: Six policemen are killed by a roadside bomb planted by the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
 * 26 May: Naxalites kill two rebels in Bihar's Buxar district on suspicion of being police informers.
 * 23 September: Maoists killed Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former TDP MLA Siveri Soma in Araku Valley.

2019

 * 8 March: 1 Naxal leader was killed in an encounter with the Kerala police at a Wayanad resort.
 * 1 May: 16 policemen, including a driver, killed in an IED blast carried out by Naxals in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. They were targeting an anti-Naxal operations team.
 * 14 June: Maoists killed 5 police personnel in weekly market in Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.
 * 28 October: Kerala Police's elite commando team "Thunderbolt" gunned down 3 Maoists in an encounter in the Attappadi hills region of Palakkad. One remaining member of the Maoists' group was killed a day later when the police team went to inspect the encounter site, following an attack on the team.
 * 23 November: Naxals opened fire on a patrol van killing an ASI and three home guard Jawans in Latehar, Jharkhand.

2020

 * 8 February: 2 Cobra Commandos were killed in an attack by Naxals in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
 * 21 March: 17 security personnel of Chhattisgarh Police were killed in a Maoist ambush in Sukma district's Elmaguda forest, including 12 from the District Reserve Guards and 5 others from Special Task Force during a security operation launched against Maoists alongside the CRPF. 15 personnel were wounded and 16 weapons stolen.
 * 21 July: In an act that was seen as a departure from the norm, Dantewada villagers filed police complaints against 7 known Naxals for a brutal assault on villagers.
 * 20 August: Another FIR was lodged over an incident that had occurred in Chikpal a day earlier. It is said 10 villagers, including a 12 year old girl, were assaulted by Maoists. Their medical reports said they had bruises on their backs and above thighs.
 * 28 November: 1 Cobra Commando was killed and 9 were injured in an IED attack by Naxals in Sukma.

2021

 * 3 April: 22 soldiers including 14 Chhattisgarh policemen and 7 jawans of the CRPF, including 6 members of its elite CoBRA unit, were killed in a Maoist ambush on the border of Bijapur and Sukma districts in southern Chhattisgarh. One CRPF jawan was held captive by the Maoists.
 * 23 March: 5 security personnel were killed when a bus carrying over 20 security personnel was attacked by Naxals using an IED in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh. At least 13 security personnel were injured in the attack.
 * 3 April: During a raid on a Maoist hideout in the forests of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh state, 30 security personnel were killed, and at least 31 others were wounded, in an hours:long gun battle with Naxal rebels, who fought against the security forces with automatic weapons and grenades. The body of one rebel was found, and at least 20 security personnel were reported missing.
 * 13 November: 26 Naxals were killed in an encounter with the Maharashtra police at the Mardintola forest near Korchi in Gadchiroli district, Chhattisgarh border. Milind Teltumbde, a member of the CPI (Maoist) central committee, was among those dead.

2022

 *  4 January: CPI (Maoist) attacked Gurucharan Nayak, the former BJP MLA of Manoharpur, in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Nayak escaped but Maoists slit the throat of his two bodyguards, snatched their AK-47 rifles and fled. Two bodyguards died in the incident.
 * 2 September: Two cadres of CPI (Maoist) killed in an encounter by security forces in Saraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand.
 * 26 November: Four naxals, including two women cadres, were killed by security personnel in Bastar division of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. Weapons and explosives were also seized, such as .303 and .315 rifles, and a musket.

2023

 * 5 February: 3 armed Maoists hacked Chhattisgarh BJP leader Neelkanth Kakkem to death. He had reportedly been receiving death threats.
 * 11 February: In a second attack within a week in the state of Chhattisgarh, Deputy Chief of BJP of Naraynpura district was shot dead outside his home by two assailants suspected to be Maoists.
 * 29 March: Two police informants were killed by Naxal rebels in Sukma District, Chhattisgarh.
 * 3 April: 5 members of the CPI (Maoist) were killed in Chatra, Jharkhand. The Bihar-Jharkhand regional committee of CPI (Maoist) calls for a bandh in hand written posters in the two states on April 14 and 15 to protest the murders of their members.
 * 26 April: 10 members of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and a driver were killed in an IED blast near Aranpur in Dantewada district.
 * 24 July: Two rebels surrendered to police in Maharashtra region.
 * 29 July: A fierce firefight erupts in the Suka district after Indian commando units entered a rebel controlled area. Indian security forces claim to have killed or injured 4-6 rebels, though no bodies are found.
 * 4 August: Two rebels surrendered to police forces in Sukma region.
 * 22 October: Clash erupted between the police force and Maoist and as a result 2 Maoists were shot dead, the clash occurred in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh.
 * 8 November: A firefight ensued between five Maoists and Kerala police special force in Wayanad District, Kerala. Two rebels were captured and their Ak-47s seized by the special force.
 * 13 November: A firefight ensued between Thunderbolt special forces and Maoists in Kannur District, Kerala. Police reports suggest two rebels were injured in that attack. After a month it was confirmed by the Maoists that a female rebel member of their group,later died due to the injuries sustained in that incident.
 * 14 December: Maharashtra Police clashed Maoists ,resulting in the death of 2 Maoists. Durgesh Watti, the deputy commander of the Kasansur Dalam (squad), who played a major role in planning the Jambulkheda blast that resulted in the death of 15 police personnel from Gadchiroli Police in 2019, was one of the two Maoists killed.
 * 24 December: A firefight erupted between maoists and Chhattisgarh Police, in which 3 Maoists were killed.The encounter took place on a hill near Dabbakunna village under Katekalyan police station area in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

Summary

 * 10 January: A Maoist cadre, who had a ₹100,000 bounty on her head, surrendered to the authorities in Odisha.
 * 13 January: A Maoist with a ₹100,000 Rupee bounty, was killed by security forces in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.


 * 20 January: 3 Maoists including 2 women cadres, were killed in an encounter by Chhattisgarh Police in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
 * 29 January: A Maoist who was arrested for his involvement in a IED blast that killed 11 security personnel last year, died due to bad health hours after arrest.
 * 30 January: 3 CRPF personnel, including 2 commandos of its elite jungle warfare unit CoBRA, were killed, and 14 others were injured in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh. The deceased were identified as constables Deven C and Pawan Kumar from the CoBRA 201 and constable Lambdhar Sinha from the CRPF battalion 150. The attack took place in the Tekulagudem village on the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts. The injured personnel were airlifted to hospitals in Raipur. The security personnel returned fire and it is reported by the police that 6 Maoists have been killed and others retreated to the forest. In a Press report later released by the Maoists, two members of their group were killed in the encounter.The Maoist release maintained that both deceased were members of Battalion Number One, Company Number Two, including a female cadre named Mandavi and a male cadre named Bojja. Their bodies were reportedly taken away by the Maoists for cremation.
 * 1 February: A Maoist couple surrendered to the police in Mulugu district of Telangana. According to police both had a bounty of ₹200,000 before the surrender.
 * 3 February: Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with Chhattisgarh Police. The encounter took place in Narayanpur district,Bastar. On the same day, a Maoist leader was shot dead by security forces in a forest of Kandhamal district, Bhubaneswar following an exchange of fire. Another Maoist sustained injuries from the encounter but managed to escape.


 * 6 February: Two Female Maoist cadres surrendered to the Odisha Police in the Boudh district,Odisha.
 *  7 February: Two Security personnel were killed in a firefight between Maoist and police.The incident took place at Bairio forest between Sadar and Basisthnagar Jori police station areas, around 200 km from Jharkhand capital Ranchi.
 *  8 February: A Maoist with an ₹800,000 was killed in an encounter in Sukma-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district.
 * 12 February: A self-styled CPI (Maoist) zonal commander carrying a bounty ₹1,000,000 surrendered before police in Jharkhand's Latehar district.
 * 18 February: A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) officer was hacked to death by a Maoist hit team in Bijapur district of Bastar
 * 19 February: A Maoist carrying a ₹500,000 was arrested in Kannur district, Kerala after being on the run for almost 2 decades.
 * 20 February: Two Maoists surrendered to the ASR district police,Vishakapatnam.
 * 23 February: Two Maoists, including a zonal commander affiliated with the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of CPI (Maoist), surrendered to the security forces in Latehar district, Jharkhand.
 * 25 February: 3 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district. The family of the 3 killed claim the encounter was fake and they were not Naxalites. The head of the village of 2 of the 3 killed claims they were in the jungle to collect tendu leaves. Police still assert that they were Naxalites but have not determined their rank. On the same day, a Maoist with a ₹600,000 bounty on her head was arrested by police from a forest along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border.


 * 26 February: A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) jawan was killed in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
 * 27 February: 4 Maoists were killed after fierce clash between Maoists and Security forces in Bijapur district of Bastar, Chattisgarh.
 * 1 March: A BJP Leader was attacked and killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur.
 * 2 March: A Member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) surrendered to the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police. In another incident, a combined team of Dummugudem police and the CRPF personnel arrested a Maoist militia deputy commander from kothagudem district,Telangana.
 * 3 March: A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Partapur Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) commander and a security personnel, were killed in an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and the rebels in Hidur Forest area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
 * 7 March: A BJP worker was hacked to death by Maoists in Bastar, Chattisgarh.
 * 10 March: An maoist belonging to the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) was allegedly killed while several others were injured and three of them arrested during a gunfight between security forces and the breakaway Maoist group at Ureej forest under in Hazaribagh district,Jharkhand.
 * 11 March: A Maoist was killed and a security personnel was injured in an encounter between maoist and security forces in Bijapur,Chattisgarh.
 * 15 March: Two Maoists were killed in a clash with security forces in Bijapur, Chattisgarh.
 * 19 March: 4 Maoists including two high ranking members were killed in an clash between maoist and special forces of Maharashtra police. Police said that the maoist were trying to cross from Telangana to Maharashtra for a possible attack in the coming lok sabha elections.

On the same day, two Maoists were killed in an encounter including a women's cadre with security forces in Dantewada district, Chattisgarh.
 * 26 March: 3 villagers of Besugada village were killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
 * 27 March: 6 maoists including two women cadre was killed in an firefight between maoist and security personnel in forests of Chikurbhatti and Pusbaka villages in Basaguda area, Bastar.
 * 1 April: Two Maoists including a senior leader were killed in encounter with police in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.
 * 2 April: 13 Maoists were killed after gunfight erupted between Maoist and security forces in a forest near Lendra village in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.This Incident made it one of biggest anti-Naxal operations of 2024.
 * 6 April: 3 Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Chattisgarh.
 * 7 April: A Maoist, who was injured in an elephant attack, surrendered to the police in Kannur district, Kerala.
 * 16 April: 2024 Kanker clash: A major encounter took place between Maoist and security forces took place in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district in the Bastar region resulting in the death of 29 Maoists and the injury of 3 security personnel.
 * 21 April: A Maoist was shot dead by security forces in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
 * 22 April: Six Maoists including three women surrendered to the police in Visakhapatnam, these Maoist cadres have been involved in many attacks like the 2017 Sukma attack.
 * 25 April: Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Parhel reserve forest area of Boudh district, Odisha.
 * 26 April: In a mass surrender event, about Eighteen maoists including three women cadres surrendered to the CRPF in Dantewada,Chattisgarh.
 * 30 April: A major clash erupted between District Reserve Guard (DRG), the Special Task Force (STF) and the Maoists resulting in the death of 10 Maoists including three women cadre and the seizure of cache of weapons in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district.
 * 11 May: In an major encounter between Maoists and security forces about 12 Maoists were killed and 2 security personnel injured in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.
 * 13 May: In an operation about 14 Maoists having cumulative bounty of 41 lakhs were arrested by police in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.

On the same day, 3 Maoist including two female cadre was killed in an encounter with security forces in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.


 * 14 May: In a Major event, about 30 Maoists have surrendered to the Security forces in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.They stated that they were disappointed in the hollow ideology of the Maoists and the constant mistreatment by their  commanders as the reason for their surrender.
 * 18 May: A Maoist having 1 Lakh bounty was shot dead by Security forces in Sukma district, Chattisgarh.
 * 20 May: A jawan of the Special Operation Group (SOG) has sustained critical injuries during an encounter with Maoists in Odisha's Nuapada district.
 * 21 May: Ten Maoists was arrested in a security operation in Sukma district, Chattisgarh.
 * 23 May: Seven Maoist were killed and their weapons seized in an operation in the border of Narayanpur-Bijapur in south Chhattisgarh.

On the same day, a Maoist commander was killed in an joint operation by the Jharkhand Police and CRPF in Saranda forest, Jharkhand.
 * 24 May: A woman Maoist was killed in an encounter in Dantewada district, Chattisgarh.
 * 25 May: Three Maoists were killed in two separate incidents. In the first incident a Maoist was shot dead by security forces in an encounter in Belpchcha village in Sukma district and in the second incident two Maoists were killed in the jungles of Jammemarka and Kamkanaar village in Bijapur district.
 * 26 May: About 33 Maoists having a cumulative bounty of five lakhs surrendered to the security forces in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.The surrendered cadres stated that they were disappointed in the hollow ideology of Maoists and want to return to normal life.
 * 29 May: Two Maoists were killed in an encounter by security forces in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.
 * 7 June: Six Maoists belonging to the PLGA and having a cumulative bounty of 38 lakhs were killed in an encounter with Security personnel in Narayanpur district, Chattisgarh.Also three Security personnel were injured in the incident.
 * 15 June: Eight Maoists and one security personnel were killed in an clash between Maoists and security forces in forest of Abhujmarh, Chattisgarh.
 * 17 June: 5 Maoists were killed including a zonal commander and another 2 Maoists arrested during an operation by CRPF in Saranda forest in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
 * 23 June: Two COBRA personnel were killed in an IED blast planted by Maoists in Sukma district, Chattisgarh.
 * 29 June: 12 Maoists including two women surrendered to the CRPF in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh. The surrendered cadres report that they were disappointed in the inhumane and hollow ideologies of maoism and want to return to normal life.
 * 30 June: Four Maoists were arrested by police in Palamu district, Jharkhand.
 * 1 July: 9 Maoists including 4 cadres who were involved in the attack that killed two COBRA personnel were arrested by police in Sukma district, Chattisgarh.
 * 2 July: 5 Maoists carrying a cumulative bounty of ₹40 lakhs were killed and three others arrested in an encounter with security forces and huge cache of arms and ammunition discovered were also discovered from the site in Narayanpur district, Chattisgarh.
 * 5 July: A Maoist commander who was responsible for the death of 86 CRPF jawans and 4 civilians was arrested by police in Andhra pradesh.
 * 6 July: Five Maoists surrendered to the CRPF in Sukma district, Chattisgarh.
 * 8 July: A maoist carrying ₹14 lakh bounty was killed in an operation by security forces in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.
 * 9 July: A women maoist was killed in an encounter by security forces in Kanker district, Chattisgarh.
 * 17 July: 12 maoists were killed and seven automatic weapons seized in an encounter with Gadchiroli police in Maharashtra–Chattisgarh border.
 * 18 July: Two security personnel were killed and four injured in a IED blast planted by maoists in Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.
 * 20 July: A maoist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Sukma district, Chattisgarh.