naxalite movement become a serious challenge to India's internal security
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The Naxal movement came into shape in 1948, but because of the lack of public support it failed to gain momentum. However, in 1967, it spread into a full fledged violent movement under the leadership Charu Majumdar. The word Naxalism finds its origin from the small village of Naxalbari in West Bengal where Charu started the uprising through armed means, to redistribute land to the landless farmers from whom the landlords snatched their lands. It starts from Andhra Pradesh and runs through Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Maharashtra. The stretch has been termed as the 'Red Corridor where the Naxals control around 92,000 square kilometres. Charu Majumdar's movement ideology was inspired by Mao Zedong and hence more than often Naxalism is interchanged with the word Maoism. It would be significant to note that the proponents of the movement are poor peasants and tribal people, who have been deprived of the basic necessities of life. This has happened basically because of the exploitation of poor farmers by the zamindars and rich farmers in the area. Over the years the insurgent group has forked into several offshoots and it is estimated that at least 30 insurgent groups are currently functioning, all tracing their origin to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).