Muslim National Guard

Muslim National Guard
Formation1937
FounderRaja of Mahmudabad
Founded atMahmudabad, United Provinces, British India
Defunct1949 (1949)
TypeQuasi-paramilitary
Legal statusDefunct
PurposePakistan movement
Region served
South Asia
Membership118,152 (1947)
Notable commanders
Siddique Ali Khan
Shaukat Hayat Khan
Khurshid Anwar
Parent organization
All-India Muslim League

Muslim League National Guards, or Muslim National Guards, was the name of a quasi-paramilitary organization associated All-India Muslim League that took part in the Pakistan Movement. The organisation was active in the violence that led up to the partition of India and the violence that followed it. It was also a key instigator in the Kashmir conflict.

In East Bengal, the Muslim National Guard was popularly known as the Azrail Bahini.