Kasim Razvi

Syed Muhammad Qasim Razvi
Razvi during Operation Polo
Born(1902-07-17)17 July 1902
Died15 January 1970(1970-01-15) (aged 67)
Resting placePaposh Nagar Graveyard
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician
Children10 (5 sons & 5 daughters)
(Sarwar Sultana, Syed Ahmed Kazim Razvi, Syed Ahmed Asif Razvi, Syed Ahmed Arif Razvi, Zakia, Fouzia, Razia, Tayyaba, Syed Ahmed Nasir Razvi, Syed Ahmed Farooq Razvi)
ParentSyed Ahmad Khan Razvi

Kasim Razvi (also Qasim Razvi; 17 July 1902 – 15 January 1970) was a politician in the princely state of Hyderabad. He was the president of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party from December 1946 until the state's Annexation in 1948.[3] He was also the founder of the Razakar militia in the state. He held the levers of power with the Nizam of Hyderabad,[4] blocking the possibilities of his accommodation with the Dominion of India.[5]

According to scholar Lucien Benichou, "[Razvi] can arguably be considered to have been the political figure whose influence and unrealistic vision proved the most detrimental to the interests of the State in the crucial years of 1947–48."[6][7]

  1. ^ Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India 2010, p. 69.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference geni was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "This day, that year: How Hyderabad became a part of the union of India".
  4. ^ "Accession of Hyderabad: When a battle by cables forced the Nizam's hand". The Hindu.
  5. ^ "Telangana polls: BJP borrows from Hyderabad history to recast Modi as Vallabhbhai Patel, paints KCR as 'new Nizam'".
  6. ^ Benichou, From Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 5.
  7. ^ Ajaz Ashraf (23 November 2014). "Hidden history of the Owaisis: What MIM doesn't want you to know". Firstpost. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

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