खारा युद्ध : जुन जितेको भए आज माओवादीको कब्जामा हुन्थ्यो देश

The Maoist People's War, which started in 2052, reached a peak by 2061. In the people's war that started from 2052, the Maoist party had reached a large size by 2061. It had its own government, army, and judicial system. According to the claims of the Maoists, about 80 percent of the rural areas were under the control of the Maoists.

Where their government was called the People's Government, People's Liberation Army, and the rule of law. But a war in the month of Chaitra in the year 061 changed the entire situation of the Maoists. That war was the war of Rukum Khara.

How important was this war for the Maoists, even Prachanda, who had been instructed to fight from India or any other corner of the country, was commanding this battle while sitting in Ghartigaon of Rolpa.

But the result was the opposite. The Maoists could not achieve the expected success in that war and were forced to come to peaceful politics by cooperating with the parliamentarian parties. Why did Prachanda plan to attack Khara for the second time after two years despite the fact that he had to face defeat in the first attack?

Why did the Maoists attach so much importance to the battle of Khara? Why did the Maoists have to be defeated in the battle of Khara? How did the salt war begin and end that day? How did the Maoists come to the peace process after the salt war?

Khara is currently in Rukum, which is considered to be Maoist's stronghold. At the top of the hill to the south-west of Rukum, there was a camp of the Royal Nepali Army at Khara. And which is still there today. According to the geographical situation at that time, this district was located at an aerial distance of about 16 km from Musikot, the headquarters of Rukum. To the east of Khara is Simrutu, to the west is Jhulneta, to the north is Muru and to the south is Dalsingh.

This area surrounded by mountains was south of Jhulneta. Even though Khara is in Rukum, since it is in the border area, the Nepalese army has been monitoring the Maoists from this camp to Rukum, Salyan, and Rolpa. Chairman Prachanda wanted to prove something else by attacking this camp of the Nepali army, which is located in the middle of Ramukum and Salyan, the base area of the Maoists, i.e. its strongest place.

The Maoists first attacked the army barracks in Khara on 2059 Jeshta 1. But for the first time, the Maoists had to suffer heavy losses in the bitter war. In the first battle, more than 150 Maoist soldiers lost their lives at that place. For the Maoists, who were winning battles with the police who only had rifles as weapons, after the deployment of the army with advanced weapons in the year 2058, the situation became uncomfortable for them to win. But two years after losing the first battle of Khara, i.e. on 25th Chaitra 2061, Maoists attacked Khara for the second time. After learning that the Nepali army of the state side had made the barracks of Khara very strong, did they attack the same place again two years later?

This was a thoughtful topic. It was said that if the Maoists win the battle of Khara, they will be able to capture Kathmandu directly. But in order to win Khara, Maoist Chairman Prachanda wanted to turn the adverse external conditions into favorable ones. Because of that, by the time the Maoists came to 2061, the ideological differences between the main leaders and even president Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai had started to become clear.

Especially, these two leaders were divided on whether to cooperate with King Gyanendra after concluding that the kingdom cannot be captured by war alone. UML leader Prachanda was preparing to meet with Gyanendra for cooperation, while Baburam was in favor of cooperation with political parties. According to UML leader Madhav Nepal, he arranged a meeting between Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Gyanendra at Dhorpatan in Baglung. (Text of Madhav Nepal) Due to this ideological conflict in Rukum's Labang in January 2061, Baburam was detained by the Maoists saying that Baburam brought the proposal to cooperate with political parties as a sign of India.

But on January 19, 2061, the situation changed after King Gyanendra implemented regression and took all the power into his hands. After Raja, Baburam and the Maoists seemed to be getting isolated from India, Prachanda chose to carry out the Khara attack to prove that it is possible to seize power in Nepal through an armed war rather than a peaceful way. About the importance of the Khara invasion, Prachanda gave a briefing in the central committee meeting in Rome that just like Lenin succeeded in capturing the state power by capturing the state power, if Khara can be conquered in Nepal, it will be successful like the October Revolution. #Khara #war