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Naxalite|ˈnæksəlaɪt|
[f. Naxal(bari (the name of a place in W. Bengal) + -ite1.]
A name given in India to supporters of Chinese-type communism (see quot. 19691); also attrib. Hence ˈNaxalism, Chinese-type communism as practised in parts of India.
1969Times 9 Jan. 9/1 ‘Naxalites’ are in the headlines and seem to be at work in West Bengal, Andhra, Kerala, and half a dozen other states. The name comes from Naxalbari in West Bengal where Indian communists started arming peasants in the spring of 1967. 1969Amrita Bazar Patrika 5 Aug. 5/5 Classes in Calcutta University..could not be held on Monday following a strike call given by the Naxalite-dominated Students' Action Committee. 1970Guardian 2 July 4/4 Three Naxalites were lynched in the Midnapore district of West Bengal after they had killed a school teacher... The first major sign of popular resistance to Naxalite violence. Ibid. 4/6 Nepal..is the place where Naxalites and their Chinese mentors meet. 1970Guardian Weekly 26 Dec. 16 The menace of Naxalism, the Maoist movement in West Bengal, may be less virulent than before. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 33/2 The authorities saw in it an urgent need to stamp out Naxalism before it became too late to do so. 1972‘E. Peters’ Death to Landlords! iii. 58 There are Naxalite bosses who are themselves greedy and tenacious landlords. Ibid. v. 88 The Naxalites probably quote the Baghavadgita [sic], too. 1974Daily Tel. 18 Mar. 1/6 Four people were killed, one of them a policeman, when Naxalite Communists ambushed a police patrol in a Calcutta suburb yesterday. |