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About Naksalbāri
Naxalbari (Bengali: Nôkśālbāṛi, IPA: [nɔkʃalbaɽi]; also spelled Naksalbari) is a village in the Naxalbari Community Development Block in the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Terai region near the border with Nepal, it is known as the site of a 1967 peasant uprising that inspired the Naxalite movement in India. The surrounding area is predominantly agricultural, with tea estates, forests and small villages.
From the Wikipedia article Naxalbari (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Naxalbari became famous for being the site of a left-wing poor peasants uprising in 1967, which began with the "land to tiller" slogan, an uprising continuing to this day (see Naxalite).
The Naxalbari uprising was triggered on 25 May 1967 at Bengai Jote village in Naxalbari when the police opened fire on a group of villagers who were demanding their right to the crops at a particular piece of land. The firing killed nine adults and two children, whose identities were not officially recorded.
The CPI (ML) has erected busts of Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Charu Majumder at the site of the 1967 police firing, adjacent to Bengai Jote Primary School. A memorial column lists the names of those killed in the incident, including Dhaneswari Devi, Simaswari Mullick, Nayaneswari Mullick, Surubala Burman, Sonamati Singh, Fulmati Devi, Samsari Saibani, Gaudrau Saibani, Kharsingh Mullick and two children.
From the History section of Naxalbari on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bagdogra Airport (IXB) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 11 km away.
- Bagdogra 9 km east, about 9 min by car
- Siliguri 21 km east, about 21 min by car
- Kurseong 23 km north, about 23 min by car
- Mirik 23 km north, about 23 min by car
- Thākurganj 30 km south, about 30 min by car
- Dārjiling 39 km north, about 39 min by car
- Odlābāri 44 km northeast, about 44 min by car
- Islāmpur 46 km south, about 46 min by car
- Jalpāiguri 54 km east, about 54 min by car
- Gangtok 81 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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