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lndia's Simmering Revolution
Sumanta Banerjee
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Simmeri ng Revolution The Naxalite Uprising Sumanta Banerjee
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India's Simmering Revolution was first published in India under the title In the llake of Naxalbari: A History of the Naxalite Movement in India by Subarnarekha, 73 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Calcutta 700 009 in 1980; republished in a revised and updated edition by Zed Books Ltd., 57 Caledonian Road, London Nl 9BU in 1984. Copyright
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India's simmering revolution.
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