An Indian revolutionary movement named after the village of Naxalbari in the Himalayan foothills in West Bengal, where it first began. The theoretician and founder of the movement, Charu Majumdar, a veteran communist, broke away from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and established the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). The CPI (M-L) first organized several armed risings of landless agricultural labourers, especially in eastern India in 1967. It subsequently developed into an urban guerrilla movement, especially in Calcutta. Its programme of terror was suppressed with considerable violence. The CPI (M-L) eventually split up into several factions, one of which adopted a policy of participating in constitutional politics, but Naxalite activities continue.