India, May 26 -- On 25 May 1967, in a little-known hamlet called Prasad Jote-a small village under the Naxalbari police station in Darjeeling district, West Bengal-three men came together to ignite what would become India's longest-running armed movement.

The incident occurred specifically in the area of Jhoru Jote-Prasad Jote cluster near the India-Nepal border, an area that today falls under the present 'Naksalbari' Sub Post Office (PIN code 734429), operating within the Siliguri postal division.

Few realized that day they were witnessing the first pages of a violent but historic chapter. As peasants rose in protest against the exploitative jotedari system, police opened fire, killing 11 villagers-including eight women and two childre...