The Scheduled Tribes, also known as adivasis (the original inhabitants), are about 500 tribes who were here before the Aryans arrived in 1500 b.c. The Maoist Peoples War Group (PWG) and the Maoist Communist Center (MCC) are just some of the hard-line Maoist groups that raise hell in and around Bihar. They want the Indian government to take land from the rich and distribute it to the poor. Obviously they didn't pay attention in history class. Guerrillas of the PWG concentrate their attacks in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar targeting cops and government officials, using homemade, remote-controlled land mines. The group also operates throughout the Dandakaranya region straddling four states: Orissa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
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