Timeline of major Maoist attacks in India

New Delhi: Following is the timeline of major Maoist attacks in India: June 29, 2008: Maoists attack a boat on Balimela reservoir in Orissa carrying four anti-Naxalite police officials and 60 Greyhound commandos, killing 38 troops. July 16, 2008: 21 policemen killed when a police van was blown up in a landmine blast in Malkangiri district of Orissa. April 13, 2009: 10 paramilitary troops killed in eastern Orissa when Maoists attack a bauxite mine in Koraput district. April 22, 2009: Maoists hijack a train with at least 300 people on board in Jharkhand and force it to Latehar district before fleeing. May 22, 2009: Maoists kill 16 policemen in the jungles of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. June 10, 2009: Nine policemen, including CRPF troops and officers, ambushed by Maoists during a routine patrol in Saranda jungles in Jharkhand. June 13, 2009: Naxals launch two landmine and bomb attacks in a small town close to Bokaro, killing 10 policemen and injuring several others. June 16, 2009: Maoists kill 11 police officers in a landmine attack followed by armed assault. In a separate attack, four policemen were killed and two others seriously injured when Maoists ambush them at Beherakhand in Palamau district. June 23, 2009: A group of motorcycle-borne armed Naxal rebels open fire on Lakhisarai district court premises in Bihar and free four of their comrades including the self-style Zonal Commander of Ranchi. July 18, 2009: Naxalites kill a villager in Bastar and in a separate incident torch a vehicle engaged in road construction work in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. July 23, 2009: A 40-year-old tribal killed by Naxalites at Ettapalli taluka in Gadchiroli district. July 27, 2009: Six persons killed when Naxals trigger a landmine blast at Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh. July 31, 2009: A special police officer and another person killed by Naxals in Bijapur district. Sep 4, 2009: Naxals kill four villagers in a forest in Aaded village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. Sep 26, 2009: Naxals kill BJP MP from Balaghat Baliram Kashyap's sons at Pairaguda village in Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh). Sep 30, 2009: Naxalites set ablaze Gram Panchayat offices at Korchi and Belgaon in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. Oct 8, 2009: 17 policemen killed when Maoists ambushed them at Laheri police station in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. Feb 15, 2010: 24 personnel of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) killed as Maoists attack their camp in Silda in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. April 4, 2010: Maoists triggered a landmine blast killing 11 security personnel of the elite anti-naxal force Special Operations Group (SOG) in Koraput district of Orrisa. April 6, 2010: 75 CRPF personnel and a Chhattisgarh police official killed in a naxal attack in Dantewada district. May 8, 2010: Eight CRPF jawans were killed when Naxals blew up a bullet-proof vehicle in Bijapur district of Chhhattisgarh. May 17, 2010: Maoists kill 50 in Dantewada's landmine blast in Chhattisgarh. May 8, 2010: Maoists kill 8 CRPF personnel after blowing up a vehicle in Narayanpur district. June 29, 2010: Maoists kill 26 CRPF personnel after firijng at a 63-member contingent in Raipur. July 8, 2010: Maoists kill 7 men in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. July 16, 2010: Maoists trigger landmine blast in Jharkhand, kill 5 cops. July 17, 2010: Maoists kill 3 suspexcted police informers in West Midnapore. July 20, 2010: Maists kill 2 CPI(M) axctivists in Sindurpur village in Purulia. August 4, 2010: Maoists blow up a culvert in Giridih, claim five lives. August 15, 2010: Maoists kill two in Jhargram. September 13, 2010: Naxals kill 5 CPI(M) supporters in Jhargram. September 13, 2010: Maoists kill 9 in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. September 14, 2010: Maoists shoot dead two men, one each in West Bengal and Odisha. September 24, 2010: Maoists gun down two men in Saptaragha, Jharkhand. October 6, 2010: Maoists trigger landmine blast in Gadchiroli, claim lives of 6 security personnel. October 10, 2010: Maoists gun down two CPI(M) supporters in Purulia. October 23, 2010: Maoists trigger landmine blast in Bihar, kill six policemen. November 23, 2010: Maoists kill 2 CRPF personnel in Bijapur after triggering a landmine blast. June 9, 2011: Naxals kill four personnel of Chhattisgarh Armed Forces. June 26, 2011: Five security men killed in twin Maoists attack in Chhattisgarh. July 2, 2011: Maoists kill 6 tribals in Munger. August 19, 2011: Maoists kill 11 policemen in Chhattisgarh. October 21, 2011: Maoists shoot down a helicopter carrying BSF personnel, kill all three on board. October 21, 2011: Maoists kill 6 cops in Chhattisgarh. December 4, 2011: Maoists attack MP's convoy in Jharkhand, kill 8. January 21, 2012: Maoists kill 13 cops in ladmine blast in Jharkhand. April 26, 2012: Maoists kill 2 villagers, suspected of being police informers, in Maharashtra. May 8, 2012: Maoists kill policeman in Odisha. May 13, 2012: Naxal ambush in Dantewada claims seven lives. August 7, 2012: Maoists kill 2 CRPF personnel in Dantewada. January 7, 2013: Maoists kill 10 CRPF jawans in gun-fight with the force. February 22, 2013: Maoists trigger landmine blast in Gaya, claim 6 cops' lives. May 12, 2013: Maoists kill 3 cops in attack on Doordarshan tower in Chhattisgarh. May 25, 2013: 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley resulted in the deaths of around 25 Indian National Congress leaders including the former state minister Mahendra Karma and the Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel.July 2, 2013: At least five policemen including Pakur Superintendent of Police were killed in an attack. February 28, 2014 : Six police personnel, including a SHO, killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.

Timeline of major Maoist attacks in India

New Delhi: Following is the timeline of major Maoist attacks in India: June 29, 2008: Maoists attack a boat on Balimela reservoir in Orissa carrying four anti-Naxalite police officials and 60 Greyhound commandos, killing 38

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