Mahendra Karma
IndiapoliticianMale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Mahendra Karma was a prominent Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, known for his role in the political landscape of Chhattisgarh. He was assassinated in 2013 during a Maoist ambush in the Jhiram Ghati region, which also claimed the lives of several other Congress leaders. Karma was a vocal critic of Maoist violence and was involved in efforts to combat the insurgency in the region.
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Mahendra Karma was a veteran tribal leader and former leader of opposition who had spearheaded the controversial anti-Naxalite movement Salwa Judum.
He studied engineering, clashed with RSS on campus, then vanished in 1980 — how Basavaraju went from a middle-class Andhra family to becoming mastermind of the Jhiram Ghati massacre | Delhi NewsThe Times of India·India· 2026-09-17
India· 2026-09-17
He was killed in the 2013 Jhiram Ghati ambush, which was orchestrated by Basavaraj.
From BTech graduate to topmost Maoist: The fall of Basavaraj a turning point in India’s Maoist insurgency | Hyderabad NewsThe Times of India·India· 2025-05-22
India· 2025-05-22
