Razakars

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paramilitary organization volunteer militia

Razakars were a paramilitary volunteer force organized in the princely state of Hyderabad that became notorious for violently suppressing dissent and resisting integration with independent India in the late 1940s.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Razakar (paramilitary) 1
Razakar militia 1
Razakar militias 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf paramilitary organization ⓘ
volunteer militia ⓘ
accusedOf forced conversions ⓘ
intimidation of non-Muslim populations ⓘ
looting ⓘ
mass killings ⓘ
rape ⓘ
activeDuring late 1940s ⓘ
armedBy Hyderabad State authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander Qasim Razvi NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Hyderabad conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Polo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Police Action in Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Hyderabad State NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedAfter Indian military intervention in Hyderabad ⓘ
Operation Polo in 1948 ⓘ
enemy Dominion of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly Muslim ⓘ
formationPeriod circa 1946 ⓘ
foundedBy Qasim Razvi NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod end of British Raj and early independence of India ⓘ
ideology anti-Indian integration ⓘ
pro-Nizam ⓘ
leader Qasim Razvi NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy symbol of repression in Hyderabad history ⓘ
locatedIn Deccan region ⓘ
notableFor atrocities against civilians ⓘ
communal violence ⓘ
violent suppression of dissent ⓘ
operatedIn Princely State of Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Communist-led peasant movements ⓘ
Hyderabad State Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakActivity 1947 ⓘ
1948 ⓘ
politicalWing Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose resist integration of Hyderabad with independent India ⓘ
support rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad ⓘ
suppress political dissent in Hyderabad State ⓘ
recruitment volunteer basis ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
supportedBy Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nizam of Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol green flag with crescent ⓘ
targeted Hindu communities ⓘ
political opponents of the Nizam ⓘ
trainingType military-style training ⓘ
uniform khaki dress ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mukti Bahini → opponent → Razakars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Razakar (paramilitary)
police action Operation Polo (September 1948) → opponent → Razakars ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Polo
Operation Polo → opponent → Razakars ⓘ
Telangana peasant armed struggle (late 1940s) → opponent → Razakars ⓘ
subject surface form: Telangana peasant armed struggle
Mukti Bahini insurgency → opposedBy → Razakars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Razakar militias
Operation Polo → opposedBy → Razakars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Razakar militia