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Conflict between the People's Republic of Bangladesh and Maoist groups From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh was a conflict between the Government of Bangladesh and the multiple Maoist groups within Bangladesh, such as the PBCP, GMF, PBCP-J, etc.
| Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Terrorism in Bangladesh | ||||||||
The location of Khulna Division. | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
 Bangladesh |
 GMF (inactive) | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| 25+ Security Force members dead[1] |
918+ Maoist insurgents dead[1] 4,237+ Maoist insurgents surrendered[3][4][5] | Unknown | ||||||
| Total: 1,191+ deaths[6][7][8] | ||||||||
The Purbo Banglar Communist Party was founded in 1968. During the Bangladesh Liberation War the group aligned itself with Pakistan and China against Bangladeshi nationalists and the Soviet Union.[9] [failed verification]
The PBCP became involved in criminal activities in the 1990s in order to finance itself.[10] [failed verification] In 1993 the PBCP started a war against the BCP for control over Khulna and for ideological differences (the BCP is exclusively Maoist while the PBCP had become a mixture of Maoism and Naxalism).[8] In the 2000s the PBCP underwent several splits, the most important of which took place in 2003, forming the PBCP-J (Purbo Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddha, dedicated to socialist revolution) thus starting an internal conflict that has killed 18 people.[11] In 2002, Gazi Kamrul, the founder of BCP, was detained from his residence during Operation Clean Heart on 23 August 2002.[12] Since 2005 the PBCP has begun to extend its insurrection with terrorist attacks, clashing with the government and also with rival Islamist groups like the JMJB.[13][14] In 2006, the PBCP-J also began to carry out attacks and clashed with the government.[15] Between 2005 and 2006, 379 people died in the insurgency.[6] After this period, the insurrection diminished in intensity from year to year with fewer incidents.
From 1993 to 2022 there were 1,191+ deaths in the insurgency. From the period 2003-2006 (the most violent period of the insurgency) there were 724 deaths.
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