Muslim League National Guard
Paramilitary organization in the Indian subcontinent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muslim League National Guards,[2] or Muslim National Guards,[3] was the name of a quasi-paramilitary islamist organization associated All-India Muslim League that took part in the Pakistan Movement. It was active in the violence that ensued during the Partition of India and later the Kashmir conflict.
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Abbreviation | MLNG |
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Formation | 1937 |
Founder | Raja of Mahmudabad |
Founded at | Mahmudabad, United Provinces, British India |
Defunct | 1949; 75 years ago (1949) |
Type | Quasi-paramilitary |
Legal status | Defunct |
Purpose | Islamism, Pakistan movement, Kashmiri separatist movement |
Region served | South Asia |
Membership (1947) | 118,152[1] |
Notable commanders | Siddique Ali Khan Shaukat Hayat Khan Khurshid Anwar |
Parent organization | All-India Muslim League |
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In East Bengal, the Muslim National Guard was popularly known as the Azrail Bahini.[citation needed]