Naxalite ajitha autobiography meaning

Indian naxalite (born 1950)

In this Malayali name, the person is referred to by their given name, Ajitha, and not by their surname, Kunnikkal.

Kunnikkal Ajitha (born 1950) is a former Indiannaxalite who took active part in the naxalite movements in Kerala in the 1960s when the group conducted armed raids on Thalassery and Pulpally police stations and killed two policemen.

Ajitha was subsequently arrested, tried and sentenced to nine years in prison.^[1]

After her jail sentence, Ajitha parted ways with the armed struggle movement and is currently a human rights activist and social reformer with an active presence in Kerala's social milieu. Anweshi, the non-governmental organisation she founded in 1993 which now is a constituent of Kerala Sthree Vedhi (Kerala Women's Forum), works for the cause of women's rights^[2] in co-ordination with the National Mission for Empowerment of Women.^[3]

Ajitha is married to Yakoob, a former colleague K.

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