The Anjuman-i-Watan, Baluchistan (Balochi: انجمن وطن بلوچستان), commonly called Anjuman-i-Watan, was a political party in British India based in the province of Baluchistan.[1] It was led by Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai.[2]
It was a member of the All India Azad Muslim Conference and opposed the partition of India.[3]
The Anjuman-i-Watan allied itself with the Indian National Congress and also worked with the Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan-wa-Balochistan, as well as its successor, the Kalat State National Party.[4][5]
The Conference had organized a meeting to oppose Pakistan resolution, on April 27, 1940 in Delhi, which in every aspect was a much more representative organization of Muslim opinion from all over the country than the Muslim League session held a month back at Lahore. The major Muslim organizations represented in the Conference were –All India Jamiat Ulama, All India Momin Conference, All India Majlis-e-Ahrar,All India Shia Political Conference, Khudai Khidmatgars, Bengal Krishak Proja Party, All India Muslim Parliamentary Board, The Anjuman-e-Watan (Baluchistan), All India Muslim Majlis, and Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadees.
The Anjuman-i-Watan expressed a desire to be converted into a Congress Committee and affiliated to the Indian National Congress.