Razakars (Hyderabad)
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Razakars were a private islamic militia organized by Qasim Razvi to support the rule of Nizam Usman Ali Khan and resist the integration of Hyderabad State in India. The Razakars unleashed a wave of terror in many parts of the state. Eventually, the Indian army routed the Razakars and the group was disbanded after India annexed the state. Qasim Razvi fled to Pakistan where he was granted asylum.
Razakars, the islamic militia, by the order of Nizam attacked and killed, injured many people in Hyderabad state and particularly in Telangana. The people of Telangana under the leadership of Swami Ramanand Tirtha, fought for the integration of state with rest of the country as India. Though Hindus constitute 93% of the population, the muslim ruler of Hyderabad - Nizam wanted to suppress them and rule the state independently against the wishes of the people. The ghastly stories of atrocities of the Razakars are still in the minds of elder people of erstwhile Hyderabad state. Thousands of innocent people were butchered. Old people and freedom fighters still re-collect how villages in many parts of the state were burnt. Many people died, and many others disappeared
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- National Integration and Modern Judicial Procedure in India: The Dar-Us-Salam Case - Theodore P. Wright, Jr.
Asian Survey, Vol. 6, No. 12 (Dec., 1966), pp. 675-682
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