Srikakulam peasant uprising

Srikakulam peasant uprising
Part of the origins of Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
Date 1967–1970 Location Srikakulam Result Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
India	CPI (ML)
Commanders and leaders
	Vempatapu Satyanarayana † Adibhatla Kailasam †
Units involved
CRPF	Local peasantry
Casualties and losses
120 CRPF killed	Unknown

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The Srikakulam peasant uprising occurred from 1967 to 1970, in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Naxalbari uprising at the beginning of the Naxalite movement during the 1960s inspired the upsurge.^[1][2]