The Anjuman-i-Watan, Baluchistan (Balochi: انجمن وطن بلوچستان), commonly called Anjuman-i-Watan, was a political party in British India based in the province of Baluchistan.[1] It was led by Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai.[2]
It was a member of the All India Azad Muslim Conference and opposed the partition of India.[3]
The Anjuman-i-Watan allied itself with the Indian National Congress and also worked with the Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan-wa-Balochistan, as well as its successor, the Kalat State National Party.[4][5]
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edit- ^ Qasmi, Ali Usman; Robb, Megan Eaton (2017). Muslims against the Muslim League: Critiques of the Idea of Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. p. 2. ISBN 9781108621236.
- ^ Mathur, Yaduvansh Bahadur (1972). Muslims and changing India. Trimurti Publications. p. 275.
- ^ Ali, Afsar (17 July 2017). "Partition of India and Patriotism of Indian Muslims". The Milli Gazette.
The Conference had organized a meeting to oppose Pakistan resolution, on April 27, 1940 in Delhi, which in every aspect was a much more representative organization of Muslim opinion from all over the country than the Muslim League session held a month back at Lahore. The major Muslim organizations represented in the Conference were –All India Jamiat Ulama, All India Momin Conference, All India Majlis-e-Ahrar,All India Shia Political Conference, Khudai Khidmatgars, Bengal Krishak Proja Party, All India Muslim Parliamentary Board, The Anjuman-e-Watan (Baluchistan), All India Muslim Majlis, and Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadees.
- ^ Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee. 1940. p. 90.
The Anjuman-i-Watan expressed a desire to be converted into a Congress Committee and affiliated to the Indian National Congress.
- ^ Talbot, Ian (1988). Provincial Politics and the Pakistan Movement: The Growth of the Muslim League in North-west and North-east India 1937-47. Oxford University Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780195773873.
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