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The government’s aim was to reduce the rate of population growth, which had risen rapidly during the Maoist era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Civilian and security force deaths have dropped by 90 percent since 2010, and annual Maoist attacks have fallen from more than 1,900 to roughly 200 last year.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

As civil war reshaped the country in 1996-2006, pitting Maoist guerrillas against the monarchy, he rose through the ranks of pro-democracy student groups linked to the Nepali Congress.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

One such plenum took place during Mao Zedong’s 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, while another occurred in the early post-Mao years, when the party was sidelining Maoist ideologues and reorienting itself toward economic development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

In his speeches he managed a clever mix of pertinent local issues and grand Maoist rhetoric, which sounded even grander in Malayalam.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy