A West Bengali political coalition formed in 1967. The party was threatened and eventually dissolved by the internal conflict within the CPI(M) and the associated Naxalite rebellion.
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United Front Term Timeline in The Lowland
The timeline below shows where the term United Front appears in The Lowland. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 4
...Udayan, though, admires the peasants for fighting back through any means possible. Udayan blames the United Front , the left-wing government coalition in charge of West Bengal, for not backing the rebellion...
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...in India, he says; he foretells that the peasants will not rebel again, and the United Front will remain in power. Udayan criticizes his father for not taking a stand, but Subhash...
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Part 1, Chapter 5
By early 1968, the United Front government has collapsed and direct rule by the Central Government has been imposed. Students all...
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