List of Naxalite and Maoist groups in India

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India has many Naxalite and Maoist groups, many of which descend from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).

List

See also

List of communist parties in India

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Naxalite–Maoist

CPI-Maoist	Maoist Communist Centre People's Liberation Guerrilla Army People's War Group
CPI Marxist–Leninist	Ajmer Group Central Team Class Struggle Janashakti Liberation Mukherjee Naxalbari New Democracy Organizing Committee Provisional Central Committee Rao Red Flag Red Star Re–organizing Committee Shantipal
Others	All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries Centre of Indian Communists Communist Ghadar Party Communist Party of Bharat Communist Party of United States of India Lal Jhanda Dal Maoist Communist Party of Manipur Revolutionary Communist Centre Revolutionary Communist Unity Centre
People	Azad Ashutosh Tudu Charu Majumdar Deo Kumar Singh Dipankar Bhattacharya Ganapathy Jagdish Mahto Jangal Santhal Kanu Sanyal Katakam Sudarshan Kondapalli Seetharamaiah Koora Rajanna Kosa Kishenji Mahendar Prasad Singh Milind Teltumbde Nambala Keshava Rao Narmada Akka P. C. Unnichekkan Prashant Bose Ravindra Singh Kushwaha Sabitha Kumari Sabyasachi Panda Santosh Rana Satyanarayan Singh Shankar Rao Sushital Ray Chowdhury Yalavarthi Naveen Babu

Government and
counterinsurgency

Central agencies	Border Security Force Central Armed Police Forces Central Reserve Police Force Commando Battalion for Resolute Action Rapid Action Force National Security Guard Special Protection Group
State armed and tactical units	Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Kerala Thunderbolts Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Force One Odisha Special Operation Group Special Tactical Unit Tamil Nadu Telangana West Bengal Counter Insurgency Force
Militia	Bajrang Dal Bhumi Sena Kuer Sena Lorik Sena Ranvir Sena Salwa Judum Sunlight Sena Tritiya Prastuti Committee
People	Brahmeshwar Singh Mahendra Karma Pranay Sahay R. R. Bhatnagar

Related topics

References

^ "Red Star - Platform for communist revolutionaries" (PDF). 3 April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
^ "CPI (Maoist) gets a new leader". India Today. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2025.