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{{Short description|Politburo and Central Military Commission member of Communist Party of India (died 2023)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Katakam Sudarshan
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| birth_date = 1954
| birth_place = [[Adilabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| death_date = {{death date|2023|5|31|1954|df=y}}
| death_place =
| other_names = Anand
| organization = [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]
| known_for = A [[Cadre (politics)|cadre]], [[Politburo]] and Central Military Commission member of CPI (Maoist)
| spouse = Sadhana
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| image_size = 200
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'''Katakam Sudarshan''' (1954 - 31 May 2023), commonly known by his [[nom de guerre]] '''Anand''' ({{IPA|hi|aːnŋd̪}}), was an Indian politician who was a [[Politburo]]<ref name="HT-963499">{{cite news |title=Hardline strategist to replace Kishenji |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Hardline-strategist-to-replace-Kishenji/Article1-963499.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124193308/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Hardline-strategist-to-replace-Kishenji/Article1-963499.aspx |archive-date=24 November 2012 |first=Ravik |last=Bhattacharya |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] | publisher=[[HT Media Ltd]] | place=Kolkata |date=23 November 2012 |access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref> member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], a [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)#Legal status|banned]]<ref>[http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292 LIST OF ORGANISATIONS DECLARED AS TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928115333/http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292 |date=28 September 2010 }} — [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. Retrieved 6 June 2013.</ref> [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[insurgent]]<ref>{{cite book |title=South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlVXtIsXCxYC&pg=PA62 |pages=62–63 |author=Deepak Kapoor |publisher=Pentagon Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-8274-399-1}}</ref> [[communist party]] in India.

== Early life and family ==
Anand was born at [[Adilabad]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], and pursued education at the government [[polytechnic college]], in [[Warangal]].<ref name="IE-602025">{{cite news |title=The men who run Dandakaranya |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-men-who-run-dandakaranya/602025/0 |first=Sreenivas |last=Janyala |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] | publisher=[[Indian Express Group]] | place=Hyderabad |date=9 April 2010 |access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref> He worked as a teacher to financially support his higher education.<ref name="IE-602025" /> He married the Adiladab district secretary of CPI (Maoist), Sadhana.<ref name="HT-963499" /> She was gunned down by the police force, few years back.<ref name="IE-602025" />

== Guerrilla life ==
Anand was one of the senior-most [[Cadre (politics)|cadres]] of the ultra-leftist political party,<ref name="IE-602025" /> and led the ongoing [[armed struggle]] from northern [[Telangana]] to [[Dandakaranya]], for over 30 years.<ref name="TI-12311694">{{cite news |title=Portrait of 'mastermind' |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100407/jsp/nation/story_12311694.jsp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130617040208/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100407/jsp/nation/story_12311694.jsp |archive-date=17 June 2013 |first=G.S. |last=Radhakrishna |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | publisher=[[ABP Group]] | place=Kolkata |date=7 April 2010 |access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref> He was described by Indian police as a "soft spoken" person, an "orthodox" [[Maoist]] and a "hardline strategist".<ref name="HT-963499" /> He was prominently known for chalking out the policies of the party in the political arena, and upheld that [[political power grows out of the barrel of a gun]].<ref name="HT-963499" />

After the completion of his studies, Anand joined the [[Far-left politics|radical leftists]] in 1975; and in 1979, he shifted to [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name="IE-602025" /> In the 1980s, he became a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War]] (People's War Group), founded by [[Kondapalli Seetharamaiah]].<ref name="TI-12311694" /> He was famous for his "ruthless guerilla warfare tactics" and was designated the duty of training the [[Cadre (politics)|cadres]] in "[[guerrilla warfare]]", and planning "military precision strikes" on the armed forces, in the territory of Chhattisgarh.<ref name="IE-602025" />

Anand was a Central Military Commission<ref name="IE-602025" /> and Politburo member of CPI (Maoist), and was believed to be heading the Eastern Regional Bureau of the party, after [[Kishenji]]'s elimination in the ongoing [[Maoism in India|Maoist movement in India]].<ref name="HT-963499" /> He also worked as the chief of the Central Regional Bureau of the CPI (Maoist).

Responding on a question about the [[Indian government]]'s "[[Operation Green Hunt]]" during an interview, he said to journalists, "We have been in the middle of a cruel, bitter war for several years."<ref name="TI-12311694" /> In 2010, he told media personnel that out of the 45 members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), 8 had been arrested and 22 had been killed by the agencies of the Indian government.<ref name="TI-12311694" /> He was also reportedly working on the task to attempt stalling the "Operation Green Hunt".<ref name="TI-12311694" />

A senior police officer once told ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' that "Sudarshan was not a [[pacifist]] like [[Azad (Maoist)|Azad]] and was against his party's initiative to hold talks with the government."<ref name="HT-963499" />

== Death ==
Anand died of a heart attack on 31 May 2023.<ref>[https://www.ap7am.com/lv-374769-maoist-leader-katakam-sudarshan-passes-away Maoist leader Katakam Sudarshan passes away]</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Socialism]]
* [[Communism]]
* [[Marxism]]
* [[Leninism]]
* [[Marxism-Leninism-Maoism]]
* [[Naxalism]]
* [[People's war]]
* [[New Democratic Revolution]]
* [[Radicalism (historical)]]
* [[Left-wing politics]]
* [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency]]
* [[Anuradha Ghandy]]
* [[Azad (Maoist)|Azad]]
* [[Charu Majumdar]]
* [[Ganapathy (Maoist)|Ganapathy]]
* [[Kobad Ghandy]]
* [[Kosa (Maoist)|Kosa]]
* [[Narmada Akka]]
* [[Prashant Bose]]
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.icawpi.org/ International Campaign Against War on the People in India]
* [http://marxistleninist.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/peoples-war-in-india-interview-with-comrade-anand-of-the-communist-party-of-india-maoist/#more-4524 People's War in India: Interview with Comrade Anand of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)]

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* [http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/man-behind-the-dantewada-attack/136068 Man behind the Dantewada attack], ''[[NDTV]]''

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[[Category:Naxalites]]
[[Category:People from Adilabad district]]

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