Maoist leader kishenji biography of donald
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Mallojula Koteswara Rao (26 November November ), also known as&#;Kishenji, was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), called the "face of the communist party in India" due to being the leader of the Naxalites' military.
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Mallojula Koteswara Rao was born on 26 November in Peddapalli, Karimnagar, in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. He was born to a poor family, with his grandfather and father being freedom fighters. Known as "Kishenji", he believed that independence from the United Kingdom returned India to the unfair caste system that forced people into several classes that would remain in Indian culture alltid. He spoke English, Bengali, and many Indian languages, and was known to be a soft-hearted individ who loved to use the internet. Kishenji became a leader of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)'s Naxalite armed wing during the s insurgency and was responsible for many attacks on Indian Army troops in the s. On 24 November , h
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The Phantom Who Fell
The legend of Kishenji and what his death means to India’s Maoist movement
In , an extraordinary thing happened in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district. A thin, feeble- voiced man, head covered with a coarse red towel, an AK rifle slung upside down on his shoulder, started making frequent appearances in front of television cameras. From his demeanour, the man looked like a university professor. And yet, the man who always had his back to the camera had, a few months ago, almost managed to kill the then West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. On the evening of 2 November , an IED (improvised explosive device) set up under his supervision narrowly missed Bhattacharjee’s convoy. What happened afterwards was something the man and his comrades used fully to their advantage. The police came down heavily on the Adivasi population in the area, which led to a surge of violent protests. Within weeks, led by this man, the whole area turned
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Cruel killer? Not me, says Maoist leader Kishenji
Born Koteswar Rao in an Andhra village, Kishenji has spent 34 years of his life in hiding, waging a relentless, bloody war against the state. Giving an interview to TOI — his first in Bengal — he had claimed to have killed 93 that was a year ago. He is the mastermind of Monday’s massacre at Silda as well. But in a soft-spoken, almost effeminate voice, he would tell you that he isn't a cruel killer.
He describes himself as a “soft-hearted person, willing to forgive”. “I don’t kill easily,” he tells reporters. It sounds strange coming from someone who has an AK slung across his shoulders 24x7 and doesn't blink when pulling the trigger. It’s stranger still when you know that he is the son of a freedom fighter.
The rebel went underground a year after t