Razakar
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Razakar is an Urdu
word for volunteer and may historically refer to:
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
word for volunteer and may historically refer to:
- Razakars (Bangladesh): Islamist East Pakistani militia that aided the Pakistan Army against the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War
- Razakars (Hyderabad)Razakars (Hyderabad)Razakars were a private militia organized by Qasim Razvi to support the rule of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and resist the integration of Hyderabad State in India....
of erstwhile Nizam state of Hyderabad: Nizam's state sponsored volunteers for opposing the civil insurgency during the rule of Nizams in Deccan princely state