Gopiballavpur II
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Gopiballavpur II গোপিবল্লভপুর II |
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| Community development block সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক |
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 Gopiballavpur II
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| Coordinates: 22°13′30″N 86°51′59″E / 22.2249390°N 86.8664630°ECoordinates: 22°13′30″N 86°51′59″E / 22.2249390°N 86.8664630°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Jhargram |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community development block |
| Area | |
| • Total | 192.17 km2 (74.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 104,996 |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 721506 (Gopiballavpur) 721517 (Tapsia) |
| Area code(s) | 03221 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-34 |
| Literacy | 71.40% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Nayagram, Gopiballavpur |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
| http://www.paschimmedinipur.gov.in/node/200 | |
Gopiballavpur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
In 1968 many revolutionary intellectuals, broadly termed as Naxalites, settled in Gopiballavpur. Amongst them was Santosh Rana, who was a local person. In September 1969 a guerrilla squad killed an oppressive landlord. The landlords fled to the towns and a big peasant movement began. Landlords’ crops were forcibly harvested. Around 150 people were killed. Santosh Rana was the key figure in virtually “liberating” Debra, Gopiballavpur and neighbouring areas in West Bengal, as well as in Odisha and Jharkhand (then it was Bihar). The movement gradually split and collapsed in the early seventies.
106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being a part of the Left Wing Extremism activities, constitutes the Red corridor. In West Bengal the districts of Pashim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor. However, as of July 2016, there has been no reported incidents of Maoist related activities from these districts for the previous 4 years. In the period 2009-2011 LWE violence resulted in more than 500 deaths and a similar number missing in Paschim Medinipur district.
The Lalgarh movement, which started attracting attention after the failed assassination attempt on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then chief minister of West Bengal, in the Salboni area of Paschim Medinipur district, on 2 November 2008 and the police action that followed, had also spread over to these areas. The movement was not just a political struggle but an armed struggle that concurrently took the look of a social struggle. A large number of CPI (M) activists, and others active in different political parties, were killed. Although the epi-centre of the movement was Lalgarh, it was spread across 19 police stations in three adjoining districts – Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia, all thickly forested and near the border with Jharkhand. The deployment of CRPF and other forces started on 11 June 2009. The movement came to an end after the 2011 state assembly elections and change of government in West Bengal. The death of Kishenji, the Maoist commander, on 24 November 2011 was the last major landmark.
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