Narmada Akka
Narmada | |
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Born | Central Committee member of the CPI (Maoist) |
Criminal charge | left wing Insurgency |
Criminal status | killed in encounter |
Spouse | Sudhakar |
Narmada (died 4 December 2012) was an Indian politician who was one of the "senior-most" female
Family
She married Sudhakar alias "Kiran".
Guerrilla life
Narmada was able to fluently communicate in seven languages, including English.
During an interview with Rahul Pandita and Vanessa (a French journalist), at an unknown time in the jungles of Dandakaranya, Narmada said:
"My father was a Communist, and in those times, a Communist was like a pariah. My father would talk about
Naxals and say that they have broken away from the shackles of domesticity."[2]
And, it was after that conversation with her father, that she decided to join the
"After taking over reins of the Gadchiroli unit a few years ago, she set up five different platoons -- an aggressive military force -- in her territory equipped with modern arms, ammunition and latest communication network to counter the state machinery."
Death
Narmada was reported to have been gunned-down during a fierce hour-long exchange of fire between the
The Maoists managed to escape the scene along with her body; and her body is reported to have been buried at Malwada tribal village in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh.[6]
After the encounter, the
She is reported to have been 57 years old when she died, by The Hindu,[3] but Hindustan Times reports that she was 46.[6] And, Rahul Pandita has written that Narmada's age was 48, when he and Vanessa interviewed her.[2]
While the "police sources" also say that "Narmada Akka's funeral was carried out at a village in Chhattisgarh", the Maoists did not reach out to the
See also
- Socialism
- Communism
- Marxism
- Leninism
- Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
- People's war
- New Democratic Revolution
- Radicalism (historical)
- Left-wing politics
- Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
- Anand
- Anuradha Ghandy
- Azad
- Charu Majumdar
- Ganapathy
- Kishenji
- Kobad Ghandy
- Kondapalli Seetharamaiah
- Kosa
- Prashant Bose
External links
- International Campaign Against War on the People in India
- The French journalist, Vanessa's conversation with Narmada and several other Comrades, OPEN
References
- ^ a b Deshpande, Vivek (12 October 2009). "Woman known for beauty, terror led Gadchiroli Naxal attack". The Indian Express. Nagpur. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ OPEN, retrieved 19 January 2013
- ^ a b c d e Staff Reporter (10 January 2013). "Dreaded Naxal leader active in Gadchiroli". The Hindu. Nagpur. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ LIST OF ORGANISATIONS DECLARED AS TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967 – Ministry of Home Affairs Archived 10 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2013
- ISBN 978-81-8274-399-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Maitra, Pradip Kumar (27 December 2012). "Woman naxal leader killed in Gadchiroli". Hindustan Times. Nagpur. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- Times of India. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- Rediff. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-670-08553-8.
Page 72: "Comrade Narmada talks about the many years she worked in Gadchiroli before becoming the DK head of the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan." Page 76: "In 1986 it [CPI (Maoist)] set up the Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (AMS), which then evolved into the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan and now has 90,000 enrolled members. It could well be the largest women's organization in the country."