Editing Maoism (section)

=== India ===
Mao's ideology developed adherents among Indian communists during the 1946-1951 [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana uprising]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and the [[Tebhaga movement|Tebhaga Movement]] in [[Bengal]] (1946–1950).<ref name=":23232">{{Cite book |last=Chakrabarti |first=Sreemanti |title=Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History |date=2013 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-107-05722-7 |editor-last=Cook |editor-first=Alexander C. |location=Cambridge |pages= |chapter=Empty Symbol: The Little Red Book in India}}</ref>{{Rp|page=118}}

[[Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung|''Quotations'' ''from Chairman Mao Zedong'']] gained popularity following the 1967 [[Naxalbari uprising]] and the beginning of the [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Naxalite Movement]].<ref name=":23232" />{{Rp|page=117}} The leader of the first phase of the Naxalite Movement, [[Charu Majumdar]], placed major emphasis on the text, requiring it to be studied and to be read aloud to illiterate peasants.<ref name=":23232" />{{Rp|page=117}} During this phase of the Naxalite Movement, ''Quotations'' was popular among both movement participants and those who sympathized with it.<ref name=":23232" />{{Rp|page=118}} Contending that China's approach to revolution provided the path for revolution in India, Majumdar and others split from the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] to form the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]].<ref name=":23232" />{{Rp|page=120}}

The [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] is the leading Maoist organisation in India. The CPI (Maoist) is designated as a terrorist organization in India under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 2016 |title=Maoists fourth deadliest terror outfit after Taliban, IS, Boko Haram: Report |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maoists-fourth-deadliest-terror-outfit-after-taliban-is-boko-haram-report/articleshow/54354196.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124035457/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maoists-fourth-deadliest-terror-outfit-after-taliban-is-boko-haram-report/articleshow/54354196.cms |archive-date=2021-01-24 |access-date=2019-07-17 |work=[[The Times of India]]|author-last1=Chauhan|author-first1=Neeraj}}</ref> Since 1967, there has been an ongoing [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency|conflict in India]] between the [[Indian government]] and Maoist insurgents.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite news |date=12 April 2006 |title=India's Naxalites: A spectre haunting India |url=http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7799247 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523074605/http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7799247 |archive-date=23 May 2010 |access-date=13 July 2009 |newspaper=The Economist}}</ref> As of 2018, there have been a total of 13,834 deaths across insurgents, security forces, and civilians.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatalities in Left-wing Extremism |url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/maoist/data_sheets/fatalitiesnaxalmha.htm |access-date=26 September 2023 |website=www.satp.org |publisher=South Asia Terrorism Portal}}</ref>