Maoists in Nepal

Maoists in Nepal Terrorism is one of the most pressing and ongoing problems in today’s world. It is a term used to describe violence or other harmful acts committed or threatened against civilians by groups or persons for political, nationalist, or religious goals. However, as it is said that ‘one man’s terrorists is another man’s freedom fighter,’ the word terrorism does not have a definite definition. The American Heritage Dictonary defines terrrirism as "the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons” (Terrorism- Definition). Every country, directly or indirectly, has been affected by terrorism. It has terrorized the world, taken the lives of millions of people, displaced millions of people from their homes and has forced them to turn into refugees. Nepal, a south Asian country, is no exception. A group of insurgents called the Maoist, until recently, had been terrorising the Nepalese since 1996. The Maoists, within the time span of a decade, with their Marxist-Leninist ideology, took the path of warefare, terrorised the Nepalese and hindered socio-economic development of the country. The origin of today’s Maoist goes back to late 1960s. When late King Mahendra dissolved the elected parliament, arrested the cabinet, and banned all political parties, there emerged two groups within the communist party of Nepal: one that preferred to work together with the king and the other that demanded the restoration of the parliament. The later one, with time, changed and evolved into what we have today, the Maoists. However, it wasn’t until March 1995 that this unit center got its name as the “Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).” It was decided on the unit center’s third platinum along with the decision that it would forego elections and take arms. The party at that time was, and