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The '''Razakars''' were a [[paramilitary]] force and [[Home guard|homeguard]] in [[Hyderabad State]] whose goalsmain weregoal was to defendprevent Hyderabadits inintegration thewith face of an Indian invasionIndia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghayur |first=Syed Inam ur Rahman |date=2019-09-17 |title=Truth behind the Razakars |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/170919/truth-behind-the-razakars.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref> Formed in 1938 by the MIM leader [[Bahadur Yar Jung]],{{sfnp|Benichou, From Autocracy to Integration|2000|p=99}} the organisation expanded considerably during the leadership of [[Qasim Razvi]] by the time of [[Annexation of Hyderabad|India's annexation of the countrystate]]. AlthoughThis force was primarily associated with the Muslim political party [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM)]], it quickly began to draw Dalits and other Hyderabadi Hindus into its ranks,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sayeed |first=Vikhar Ahmed |date=2023-11-02 |title=Hyderabad's dark history: A tale of two massacres |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/history-a-tale-of-two-massacres-in-hyderabad-karnataka-razakars-1948-police-action-annexation-of-hyderabad-nizam-anti-muslim-attacks-kalaburagi-bidar/article67442047.ece |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref> in addition to later collaboratingcollaborated with the [[Telangana Rebellion|communists]] in 1948.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joshi |first=Shashi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1znBBwAAQBAJ&dq=razakar+communist+alliance&pg=PT196 |title=The Last Durbar |date=2005-12-31 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5194-080-7 |language=en}}</ref> This militia employed an aggressive campaign against the local Hindus to supress the rising demands of integrating the state of Hyderbad into newly formed independent India. The organization has become a renewed topic of discussion in modern-day India due to a [[Razakar (film)|historical film released in 2024]].
During the period November 1947–August 1948, when Hyderabad was under a [[Standstill agreement (India)|Standstill Agreement]] with India, the Indian government made repeated demands to the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] to disband the Razakars, which were all turned down. In the eventual [[Operation Polo|armed invasion]] launched by India, dubbed a 'police action', the Razakars formed the main resistance to the Indian Army.<ref>{{harvp|Kamat, Border incidents, internal disorder|2007|p=220}}: "A little over 800 people died on both sides during the operation, with the Razakars suffering the majority of the casualties."
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