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	'''Operation Lalgarh''' was an armed operation in India against the [[Maoist]]s who have been active in organising an armed tribal movement alongside a group called the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). The operation is organised by the police and security forces in [[Lalgarh (Midnapore)\|Lalgarh]], [[~~Paschim Medinipur~~]], [[West Bengal]] to restore law and order in the area and flush out the Maoists.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/operation-lalgarh-begins-human-walls-stormed/478694/\|title=Operation Lalgarh begins, 'human walls' stormed\|last=Nag Choudhury\|first=Subrata\|date=19 June 2009\|access-date=2009-06-19}}</ref><ref name="securityhindu" /> The area of operation is said to be expanded to 18 police stations in the three Maoist-affected districts of [[Paschim Medinipur]], [[Bankura]] and [[Purulia]].<ref name="zee">{{cite news\|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news540477.html\|title=Security forces begin final push to end Lalgarh siege\|date=19 June 2009\|publisher=Zee News\|access-date=2009-06-19}}</ref>		{{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}}
			'''Operation Lalgarh''' was an armed operation in India against the [[Maoist]]s who have been active in organising an armed tribal movement alongside a group called the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). The operation is organised by the police and security forces in [[Lalgarh (Midnapore)\|Lalgarh]], [[Jhargram district\|Jhargram]], [[West Bengal]] to restore law and order in the area and flush out the Maoists.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/operation-lalgarh-begins-human-walls-stormed/478694/\|title=Operation Lalgarh begins, 'human walls' stormed\|last=Nag Choudhury\|first=Subrata\|date=19 June 2009\|access-date=2009-06-19}}</ref><ref name="securityhindu" /> The area of operation is said to be expanded to 18 police stations in the three Maoist-affected districts of [[Paschim Medinipur district\|Paschim Medinipur]] (include newly splitted [[Jhargram district\|Jhargram]]), [[Bankura district\|Bankura]] and [[Purulia district\|Purulia]].<ref name="zee">{{cite news\|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news540477.html\|title=Security forces begin final push to end Lalgarh siege\|date=19 June 2009\|publisher=Zee News\|access-date=2009-06-19}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
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	=== Day 5 ===		=== Day 5 ===
	The Maoists called for a two long bandh starting from today in five states of India, including [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[West Bengal]], [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]] and [[Chhattisgarh]] to protest the re capturing of Lalgarh in West Bengal by security forces.<ref name="toi">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-22/india/28206778_1_maoists-blow-west-midnapore-district-maoists-in-west-bengal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318064014/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-22/india/28206778_1_maoists-blow-west-midnapore-district-maoists-in-west-bengal\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=18 March 2011\|title=Maoists blow up anti-landmine vehicle as 48-hr bandh begins\|date=22 June 2009\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2009-06-22}}</ref> The security has been increased in these states and particularly in the three Maoist hit districts of West Bengal. Normal life was affected in the Midnapore district with a few buses plying on the road and most of the shops remained closed.<ref name="hindunormal">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906221115.htm\|title=Normal life affected in three Maoist-hit WB districts\|date=22 June 2009\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2009-06-22\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> In Purulia district, train services remained suspended on the [[Purulia]] – [[Chandil]] section since 2:00 as a landmine was found planted on the tracks near Birandi station.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="hindunormal" /> Moreover, an anti-mine vehicle was affected in a landmine blast near Boramora jungle of [[East Singhbhum district]] in Jharkhand when the vehicle was on its way to Ghatshila which is bordering West Bengal.<ref name="toi" /><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=3cfb5d34-f18d-4726-b52e-a54ed87c6669&Headline=Maoist+strike+begins+in+Jharkhand+with+violence\|title=Maoist strike begins in Jharkhand with violence\|date=22 June 2009\|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=2009-06-22~~}}{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic~~}}</ref>		The Maoists called for a two long bandh starting from today in five states of India, including [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[West Bengal]], [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]] and [[Chhattisgarh]] to protest the re capturing of Lalgarh in West Bengal by security forces.<ref name="toi">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-22/india/28206778_1_maoists-blow-west-midnapore-district-maoists-in-west-bengal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318064014/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-22/india/28206778_1_maoists-blow-west-midnapore-district-maoists-in-west-bengal\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=18 March 2011\|title=Maoists blow up anti-landmine vehicle as 48-hr bandh begins\|date=22 June 2009\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2009-06-22}}</ref> The security has been increased in these states and particularly in the three Maoist hit districts of West Bengal. Normal life was affected in the Midnapore district with a few buses plying on the road and most of the shops remained closed.<ref name="hindunormal">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906221115.htm\|title=Normal life affected in three Maoist-hit WB districts\|date=22 June 2009\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2009-06-22\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> In Purulia district, train services remained suspended on the [[Purulia]] – [[Chandil]] section since 2:00 as a landmine was found planted on the tracks near Birandi station.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="hindunormal" /> Moreover, an anti-mine vehicle was affected in a landmine blast near Boramora jungle of [[East Singhbhum district]] in Jharkhand when the vehicle was on its way to Ghatshila which is bordering West Bengal.<ref name="toi" /><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=3cfb5d34-f18d-4726-b52e-a54ed87c6669&Headline=Maoist+strike+begins+in+Jharkhand+with+violence\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110606072456/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=3cfb5d34-f18d-4726-b52e-a54ed87c6669&Headline=Maoist+strike+begins+in+Jharkhand+with+violence\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=6 June 2011\|title=Maoist strike begins in Jharkhand with violence\|date=22 June 2009\|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=2009-06-22}}</ref>

	The forces have decided to make a secured circle around Lalgarh and then proceed to the villages situated within that circle.<ref name="ring">{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090623/jsp/frontpage/story_11146756.jsp\|title=Build-up for circle of sway\|last=Mondol\|first=Pronob\|date=23 June 2009\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref> The security forces advanced from the Sarenga route, securing the route towards Pingboni, near Goaltore. More CRPF forces, COBRA units joined the existing teams at Goaltore.<ref name="ring" /> A checkpost has been created at Ratanpur, near Pingboni by the PCAPA members to prevent the entry by the forces with bows and arrows and guns.<ref name="ring" /> The police force continued to patrol the already secured road from Pirakata to Lalgarh.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/nation/story_11142601.jsp\|title=Once bitten, Operation Secure rolls\|last=Jawed\|first=Zeeshan\|date=23 June 2009\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref>		The forces have decided to make a secured circle around Lalgarh and then proceed to the villages situated within that circle.<ref name="ring">{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090623/jsp/frontpage/story_11146756.jsp\|title=Build-up for circle of sway\|last=Mondol\|first=Pronob\|date=23 June 2009\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref> The security forces advanced from the Sarenga route, securing the route towards Pingboni, near Goaltore. More CRPF forces, COBRA units joined the existing teams at Goaltore.<ref name="ring" /> A checkpost has been created at Ratanpur, near Pingboni by the PCAPA members to prevent the entry by the forces with bows and arrows and guns.<ref name="ring" /> The police force continued to patrol the already secured road from Pirakata to Lalgarh.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/nation/story_11142601.jsp\|title=Once bitten, Operation Secure rolls\|last=Jawed\|first=Zeeshan\|date=23 June 2009\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref>
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	=== Day 11 ===		=== Day 11 ===
	The forces patrolled the already claimed area in Lalgarh and discovered several IEDs and landmines.<ref name="majoroffensive">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/29/stories/2009062957030100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630162226/http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/29/stories/2009062957030100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=30 June 2009\|title=Security forces all set for major offensive in Lalgarh\|date=29 June 2009\|access-date=2009-06-29\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Two persons were arrested from Sarenga in adjoining Bankura district when planting land mines between Belepole and Kargil More.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=5b9092db-574e-47be-a6b8-cabafa5b8cf0&Headline=Lalgarh+final+assault+today\|title=Lalgarh final assault today\|last=Ghosh\|first=Debdatta\|author2=Rakeeb Hossain\|date=29 June 2009\|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=2009-06-29~~}}{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic~~}}</ref> Explosives, detonators and firearms were recovered from them.<ref name="majoroffensive" /> Maoists also fired at around 01:30 IST from the jungles behind the police camp housed in Ramgarh High School taking advantage of the power cut in the area.<ref name="hitnrun">{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090629/jsp/bengal/story_11172249.jsp\|title=Hit-&-run on CRPF camp\|date=29 June 2009\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> However, the force switched on their search lights and fired back, making the Maoists to retreat back.<ref name="hitnrun" />		The forces patrolled the already claimed area in Lalgarh and discovered several IEDs and landmines.<ref name="majoroffensive">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/29/stories/2009062957030100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630162226/http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/29/stories/2009062957030100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=30 June 2009\|title=Security forces all set for major offensive in Lalgarh\|date=29 June 2009\|access-date=2009-06-29\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Two persons were arrested from Sarenga in adjoining Bankura district when planting land mines between Belepole and Kargil More.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=5b9092db-574e-47be-a6b8-cabafa5b8cf0&Headline=Lalgarh+final+assault+today\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110606073100/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=5b9092db-574e-47be-a6b8-cabafa5b8cf0&Headline=Lalgarh+final+assault+today\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=6 June 2011\|title=Lalgarh final assault today\|last=Ghosh\|first=Debdatta\|author2=Rakeeb Hossain\|date=29 June 2009\|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> Explosives, detonators and firearms were recovered from them.<ref name="majoroffensive" /> Maoists also fired at around 01:30 IST from the jungles behind the police camp housed in Ramgarh High School taking advantage of the power cut in the area.<ref name="hitnrun">{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090629/jsp/bengal/story_11172249.jsp\|title=Hit-&-run on CRPF camp\|date=29 June 2009\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> However, the force switched on their search lights and fired back, making the Maoists to retreat back.<ref name="hitnrun" />

	=== Day 12 ===		=== Day 12 ===
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822171003/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm Report on Lalgarh by Praveen Swami, an award winning journalist]		*{{usurped\|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822171003/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm Report on Lalgarh by Praveen Swami, an award winning journalist]}}
	*[http://www.radicalsocialist.in/index.php/articles/national-situation/55-lalgarh-our-stand Lalgarh, Our Stand]		*[http://www.radicalsocialist.in/index.php/articles/national-situation/55-lalgarh-our-stand Lalgarh, Our Stand]
	*[http://canvaspix.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/algarh/ An English subtitled documentary on the Lalgarh movement]		*[http://canvaspix.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/algarh/ An English subtitled documentary on the Lalgarh movement]
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	[[Category:~~History of~~ West Bengal ~~(1947–present)~~]]		[[Category:2000s in West Bengal]]
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	[[Category:Manmohan Singh administration]]		[[Category:Manmohan Singh administration]]

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	===Ruled by fear===		===Ruled by fear===

	Back in 1977, after the first Left Front government took power in West Bengal, entire villages were freed from the control of [[Jotedar\|jotedars]], or landlords, by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers.<ref name=Hindu>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm \|title=The Hindu, 26 June 2009,''Lalgarh: is it liberated or ruled by fear?: Is the violence in West Medinipur district really an adivasi uprising?'' \|access-date=6 October 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822171003/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm \|archive-date=22 August 2010 \|url-status=~~dead~~ }}</ref>		Back in 1977, after the first Left Front government took power in West Bengal, entire villages were freed from the control of [[Jotedar\|jotedars]], or landlords, by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers.<ref name=Hindu>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm \|title=The Hindu, 26 June 2009,''Lalgarh: is it liberated or ruled by fear?: Is the violence in West Medinipur district really an adivasi uprising?'' \|access-date=6 October 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822171003/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm \|archive-date=22 August 2010 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref>

	Income poverty and deprivation continue to exist throughout the region — but land reform has given [[adivasi]]s a level of freedom and security their counterparts in the rest of India do not enjoy.		Income poverty and deprivation continue to exist throughout the region — but land reform has given [[adivasi]]s a level of freedom and security their counterparts in the rest of India do not enjoy.

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