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The Naxalite movement takes its name from a 1967 peasant uprising in which district of West Bengal?
AMidnapore
BBankura
CPurulia
DDarjeeling
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Darjeeling
1. The uprising began at Naxalbari police station area.
2. Naxalbari is in Darjeeling district.
3. The CPI(ML) was formed in 1969.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 6, The Crisis of Democratic Order._
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