All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen or AIMIM ( translation: All India Council of the Union of Muslims) is a Muslim political party in India headquartered at Hyderabad. It has retained Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat since 1984. In 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, AIMIM won seven seats. It has a huge Presence in and around the City of Hyderabad. In the Hyderabad Municipality electio
n of 2009 AIMIM won 43 seats (out of 150) in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad.[1] The current Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Mohammad Majid Hussain. Late Qaaid-e-Millat Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung
The party has roots back to the days of the princely State of Hyderabad. It was founded and shaped by Nawab Mahmood Nawaz Khan Qiledar of Hyderabad State by the advice of Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam of Hyderabad and in the presence of Ulma-e-Mashaeqeen in 1927 as a pro-Nizam party. Then it was only Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and the first meeting was held in the house of Nawab Mahmood Nawaz Khan on November 12, 1927. The MIM advocated the set up of a Muslim dominion rather than integration with India. In 1938 Bahadur Yar Jung was elected President of the MIM which had a cultural and religious manifesto. It soon acquired political complexion and became aligned with the Muslim League in British India. The Razakars (volunteers), a Muslim paramilitary organization aimed at resisting merger with India, was linked to the MIM. In total up to 150,000 Razakar soldiers were mobilized to fight against the Indian Union and for the independence of the Hyderabad State against Indian integration. After the integration of the Hyderabad state with India, the MIM was banned in 1948. The Razakar leader Qasim Rizvi was jailed from 1948 to 1957, and then he was released on the condition to go to Pakistan, where he was granted asylum. Before leaving, Qasim Rizvi handed over the responsibility of whatever remained of the Ittehadul Muslimeen, to Abdul Wahid Owaisi,a lawyer. Abdul Wahed Owaisi restructured the Party and Organised it into All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.[4][5] After Abdul Wahed Owaisi, his son Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi took control of AIMIM in 1975 and was referred to as Salar E Millat (commander of the community)
Secularism
Even though party has stronghold in Muslims of Hyderabad city, the Party has fielded many Hindus in various assembly and local body elections. The AIMIM selected Sri Alampally Pochiah as it's First Mayor in the City. A Muralidhar Reddy,Hindu candidate being fielded for an assembly seat by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen from Rajendranagar constituency. Interestingly in 2013 local elections party fielded V.Bhanumathi and won election against Hajira Sultana from congress by 1282 votes.
