11 Facts About Khaksar movement

Khaksar movement was a social movement based in Lahore, Punjab, British India, established by Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi in 1931, with the aim of freeing India from the rule of the British Empire and establish a Muslim government in India uniting both Hindus and Muslims.

The membership of the Khaksar movement was open to everyone and had no membership fee regardless of the person's religion, race and caste or social status.

Khaksar movement offered a force of 30,000 well-drilled soldiers for the internal defence of India, 10,000 for the police, and 10,000 to provide help for Turkey or to fight on European soil.

In one incident, a Khaksar movement volunteer entered a local colony near Rawalpindi to calm people down, but was stabbed to death.

Khaksar movement's declared objectives of unity of India regardless of religion eventually came in conflict with All India Muslim League's and Muhammad Ali Jinnah's objectives of two-nation theory based on the religions of Hindus and Muslims of British India.

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Khaksar movement Tehrik was later revived as a civilian political group after his death on 27 August 1963 at Lahore and it sometimes made political alliances with other Pakistani political parties, for example, it joined the Pakistan National Alliance in 1977.

Mashriqi had said in 1931 that the Khaksar movement had three distinct objectives; "to emphasize the idea of superiority of God, unity of the nation and service to mankind".

Khaksar movement was entitled to remove any movement member from the organization while there was no procedure to remove him.

Volunteers of the Khaksar movement were expected to participate daily in military parade and social work.

The Khaksar movement workers were required to bear their own expenses and find spare time for work of social welfare in the community.

Some Khaksar movement's wore the Punjabi style turban on their head with the cloth flowing down and a fan shaped shamla peaking up.