The Ahrar Party was a political party

Political party

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, founded in India in 1930. The group was composed of Indian Muslims disillusioned by the Khilafat Movement

Khilafat Movement

The Khilafat movement was a pan-Islamic, political campaign launched by Muslims in British India to influence the British government and to protect the Ottoman Empire during the aftermath of World War I...

, which cleaved closer to the Congress Party

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

. The party was based in Punjab

Punjab (British India)

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. It gathered support from the urban lower-middle class. Chaudhry Afzal Haq

Chaudhry Afzal Haq

Chaudhry Afzal Haq was a leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam and a political figure in the history of Sub-Continent India. He was also a founder of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam. He founded Ahrar with Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari. He was elected for three times in Punjab Assembly. He was also a Member of...

was the leader of the party.

The Ahrar Party also served as a type of Muslim self-defense militia against Hindu paramilitaries.