Lalgarh is a village in Binpur–I

Binpur

Binpur I is an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Binpur and Lalgarh police station serve this block...

 community development block under the Jhargram subdivision

Jhargram subdivision

Jhargram subdivision , is a subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Jhargram municipality and eight community development blocks: Binpur–I, Binpur–II, Jamboni, Jhargram, Gopiballavpur–I, Gopiballavpur–II, Nayagram and...

 of West Midnapore district in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. Lalgarh is the headquarters of Binpur–I CD block. Midnapore Railway station is the nearest important station about 45 km from the village.

Lalgrah came under media attention at the beginning of November 2008. The guerrilla Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Communist Party of India (Maoist)

The Communist Party of India is a Maoist political party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through violent means. It was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of the People's War, and the Maoist Communist Centre . The merger was announced to the public on October...

 (proscribed by the indian state as terrorist), launched a massive fight against police personnel and cadres of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

. In June 2009 Indian security forces launched Operation Lalgarh

Operation Lalgarh

Operation Lalgarh was an armed operation in India against the Maoists who have been active in organising a tribal movement alongside a group called the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities . The operation is organised by the police and security forces in Lalgarh, Paschim Medinipur, West...

against the Maoists in the village.

Economy

The main occupation of the people here is cultivation, share cropping and selling disposable plates made of leaves. Most people do not own land but work on others fields. The region is dry and there are but a single harvest each year. At other times people work as daily labor, collect and sell leaves and wood from forest etc. Over 75% of the households own land given to them under the Land reforms programme of the Left Front Government between the years 1977 and 2002. But income poverty exists .

Operation Lalgarh

In November 2008, following reports of police brutality, enraged advasi villagers blockaded roads and protested against the police and paramilitary forces in the area. The government maintained the movement was being controlled by Maoist guerrilla agents. The Maoists controlled the village and the surrounding area for eight months until Operation Lalgarh was launched to dislodge them on June 18, 2009.

External links

• Report on Lalgarh by Praveen Swami