NEW DELHI -- In one of the largest mass surrenders in India's fight against left-wing extremism, 238 Maoist rebels laid down their arms in the central state of Chhattisgarh earlier this month, a development that could signal the end of a 50-year insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives across the country's mineral-rich tribal belt.
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Mass Maoist surrender signals potential end to India's longest insurgency
238 rebels lay down arms in area containing iron ore, coal and bauxite reserves
Young Maoist fighters train at a temporary camp in the jungle near the border between the Indian states of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh in 2010. (Photo by Ishan Tankha)
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