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As prime minister A B Vajpayee was reminding the nation about threats from across the border in his Independence Day speech from Delhi's Red Fort this year, a group of extreme Leftist outfits, popularly known as Naxalites, were redrawing the internal map of the country. At a secret meeting held in West Bengal's Siliguri, they declared sovereignty over India's forests. The meeting was significant as it brought the two dominant Naxalite groups

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Richard Mahapatra [2], Binayak Das [3], Prabhanjan Verma [4]
Down to Earth [5]
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Environment Politics [6], Forest Villages [7], Forest Fires [8], Deforestation [9], Timber Smuggling [10], Forest Movements [11], Legislation [12], Governance [13], Politics [14], Bangladesh [15], India [16], Andhra Pradesh [17], Jharkhand [18], Orissa (Odisha) [19], West Bengal [20], Siliguri [21], Naxalites [22], Tribals [23]

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