Editing Timeline of the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency (section)

=== 2011 ===
Despite the continued violence in 2011, the most recent central government campaign to contain and reduce the militant Naxalite presence appears to be having some success, the 2011 toll of 447 civilians and 142 security personnel killed having been nearly 50% lower than the 2010 toll. Some states experiencing this sharp reduction in Naxalite hostilities, such as Madhya Pradesh, attribute their success to their use of IAP funds for rural development.<ref name="Madhya Pradesh Success">{{cite web|year=2011 |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/others/mp-govt-claims-positive-change-naxal-hit-areas-893 |title=MP govt claims positive change in Naxal-hit areas |access-date=2 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101170735/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/others/mp-govt-claims-positive-change-naxal-hit-areas-893 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }} Deccan Chronicle reports success of IAP in Madhya Pradesh.</ref> Soni Sori, an Indian activist and political leader, went on a hunger strike after being denied access to visit Hidme's district or her family members. She has been a vocal voice against instances of gender:related violence. The Delhi Police's Crime Branch for [[Chhattisgarh]] arrested her in 2011 on charges of acting as a conduit for Maoists.<ref>[http://www.thecaspiantimes.com/naxalite-maoist-insurgency-chattisgarh/ Naxalite insurgency], The Capsian Times, 2011.</ref>

*During '''May 2011''', Naxalites killed and [[Dismemberment|dismembered]] ten policemen, including one senior officer in the Gariyaband, Chhattisgarh area on the border with Orissa.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13515997 | work=BBC News | title=Indian Maoists 'kill and dismember' 10 policemen | date=24 May 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524112042/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13515997 | archive-date=24 May 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> In '''June 2011''', the total fatalities of both the police and the paramilitary was 43.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/06/27/army-raises-the-stakes-in-fight-against-the-naxals/ | magazine=TIME | title=Indian Army Raises the Stakes in Its War Against the Maoists | date=27 June 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630143353/http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/06/27/army-raises-the-stakes-in-fight-against-the-naxals/ | archive-date=30 June 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*On '''21 July 2011''', Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh blew up a bridge, killing four people and wounding five others. The attack happened when the Congress party chief of the state, Nandkumar Patel, was returning from a party function.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14229217|title=www.bbc.co.uk|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=26 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023083743/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14229217|archive-date=23 October 2015|date=21 July 2011}}</ref>
*On 24 November, Maoist leader, Kishenji, killed by CRPF in a 30:minute encounter, alongside six other Naxals.<ref name=HTimes>{{cite news|title=Top Maoist leader Kishenji killed|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/WestBengal/Top-Maoist-leader-Kishenji-killed/Article1-773485.aspx|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=24 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819145814/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/WestBengal/Top-Maoist-leader-Kishenji-killed/Article1-773485.aspx|archive-date=19 August 2012}}</ref>