Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
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BCP (inactive) GMF (inactive) | |||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
1,200+ deaths [3] [4] [5] |
The Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh was a conflict between the government of Bangladesh and the PBCP and the PBCP-J.
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. [6] [ failed verification]
The PBCP became involved in criminal activites in the 1990s in order to finance itself. [7] [ 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 Naxalitism). [5] In the 2000s the PBCP underwent several splits, the most important of which took place in 2003, forming the PBCP-J(Purga Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddha, dedicated to socialist revolution) thus starting an internal conflict that has killed 18 people. [8] In 2002, Gazi Kamrul, the founder of BCP, was detained from his residence during Operation Clean Heart on 23 August 2002. [9] Since 2005 the PBCP has begun to extend its insurrection with terrorist attacks, clashing with the government and with rival Islamist groups. [10] [ failed verification] In 2006, the PBCP-J also began to carry out attacks and clashed with the government. [10] Between 2005 and 2006, 379 people died in the insurgency. [3] After this period, the insurrection diminished in intensity from year to year with fewer incidents.
Year | Deaths |
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1993 | 34 |
1994 | 8 |
1995 | 2 |
2000 | 3 |
2001 | 3 |
2002 | 43 |
2003 | 133 |
2004 | 212 |
2005 | 193 |
2006 | 186 |
2007 | 72 |
2008 | 54 |
2009 | 86 |
2010 | 39 |
2011 | 19 |
2012 | 10 |
2013 | 24 |
2014 | 12 |
2015 | 14 |
2016 | 17 |
2017 | 13 |
2018 | 8 |
2019 | 3 |
2020 | 2 |
2021 | 1 |
2022 | 0 |
2023 | 0 |
Total | 1,191+ [11] [12] |
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.
Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
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BCP (inactive) GMF (inactive) | |||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
1,200+ deaths [3] [4] [5] |
The Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh was a conflict between the government of Bangladesh and the PBCP and the PBCP-J.
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. [6] [ failed verification]
The PBCP became involved in criminal activites in the 1990s in order to finance itself. [7] [ 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 Naxalitism). [5] In the 2000s the PBCP underwent several splits, the most important of which took place in 2003, forming the PBCP-J(Purga Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddha, dedicated to socialist revolution) thus starting an internal conflict that has killed 18 people. [8] In 2002, Gazi Kamrul, the founder of BCP, was detained from his residence during Operation Clean Heart on 23 August 2002. [9] Since 2005 the PBCP has begun to extend its insurrection with terrorist attacks, clashing with the government and with rival Islamist groups. [10] [ failed verification] In 2006, the PBCP-J also began to carry out attacks and clashed with the government. [10] Between 2005 and 2006, 379 people died in the insurgency. [3] After this period, the insurrection diminished in intensity from year to year with fewer incidents.
Year | Deaths |
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1993 | 34 |
1994 | 8 |
1995 | 2 |
2000 | 3 |
2001 | 3 |
2002 | 43 |
2003 | 133 |
2004 | 212 |
2005 | 193 |
2006 | 186 |
2007 | 72 |
2008 | 54 |
2009 | 86 |
2010 | 39 |
2011 | 19 |
2012 | 10 |
2013 | 24 |
2014 | 12 |
2015 | 14 |
2016 | 17 |
2017 | 13 |
2018 | 8 |
2019 | 3 |
2020 | 2 |
2021 | 1 |
2022 | 0 |
2023 | 0 |
Total | 1,191+ [11] [12] |
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.