Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan-wa-Balochistan explained

Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan-wa-Balochistan (English: Society for the Unity of Balochis and Balochistan) was a political party formed in 1931 in Mastung, Kalat State by Abdul Aziz Kurd and Yousaf Aziz Magsi in British India.[1] The Kalat State National Party emerged from AIB on 5 February 1937 in Sibi, contesting elections until the government banned its activities in 1947.[2] The Anjuman-i-Watan Baluchistan, which allied itself with the Indian National Congress and opposed the partition of India, worked with the Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan-wa-Balochistan, as well as its successor.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Inside Kalat: Review of Back to the Future. Dawn.com. May 31, 2009. November 10, 2017.
  2. Book: Martin Axmann. Back to the Future: The Khanate of Kalat and the Genesis of Baloch Nationalism, 1915-1955. Oxford University Press. 2008. 155. 978-0199-06592-9.
  3. Book: Talbot . Ian . Provincial Politics and the Pakistan Movement: The Growth of the Muslim League in North-west and North-east India 1937-47 . 1988 . Oxford University Press . 9780195773873 . 117 . English.