13 Facts About Qasim Razvi

Qasim Razvi was the president of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party from December 1946 until the state's accession to India in 1948.

Qasim Razvi was the founder of the Razakar militia in the state.

Qasim Razvi held the levers of power with the Nizam of Hyderabad, blocking the possibilities of his accommodation with the Dominion of India.

Kasim Qasim Razvi was born in United Provinces and studied law at the Aligarh Muslim University.

Qasim Razvi migrated to state of Hyderabad after graduation and did a short apprenticeship with Mohammad Ali Fazil in the Hyderabad city.

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Qasim Razvi tried to establish his distinctiveness by advocating political reforms, even though they were not palatable to the Ittehad membership.

Qasim Razvi's extremism matched that of Rais and the moderates in the party distanced themselves from both the candidates.

Qasim Razvi even traveled to Delhi and had a stormy meeting with Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Qasim Razvi is quoted to have said "Death with the sword in hand, is always preferable to extinction by a mere stroke of the pen", prompting the Indian government to call him "the Nizam's Frankenstein monster".

Qasim Razvi was implicated in the murder of patriotic progressive Muslims such as Shoebullah Khan who condemned Razvi's Razakars and advocated merger with India.

Qasim Razvi launched criminal attacks on the Hindu population, leading to military action by India.

Qasim Razvi was released from prison only on an undertaking that he would migrate to Pakistan within forty-eight hours of his release.

Qasim Razvi agreed to migrate to Pakistan as a condition of his release from prison, where he died in obscurity in 1970.