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The '''All India Shia Political Conference''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|آل انڈیا تشیع پولیٹیکل کانفرنس}}}}), commonly called the '''Shia Political Conference''' was a political party in [[British India]] that was organized in [[Lucknow]] in 1929.<ref name="Grassroots2000">{{cite book |title=Grassroots, Volumes 29-30 |date=2000 |publisher=University of Sind |pages=111 |language=English}}</ref>

In October 1937, it urged its members to support the [[Indian National Congress]], a decision which was praised by [[Nehru]].<ref name="Sameeksha1986">{{cite book |title=Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 21, Issue 4 |date=1986 |publisher=Sameeksha Trust |page=2275 |language=English|quote=In October 1937 the All-India Shia Political Conference direc.-.d its members to join the Congress 'unconditionally' and challenged the Muslim League's claim to represent the Shias. Nehru rejoiced at this decision and welcomed the followers of the Shia Conference "to the ranks of those who fight for India's freedom".}}</ref>

The All India Shia Political Conference included provincial units, with notable individuals in leadership positions, such as [[Syed Sultan Ahmed|Sir Sultan Ahmad]] of the Bihar unit, who denounced Jinnah in April 1940.<ref name="Sajjad2014">{{cite book |last1=Sajjad |first1=Mohammad |title=Muslim Politics in Bihar: Changing Contours |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317559825 |pages=204 |language=English}}</ref>

In the Shia Political Conference meeting held at [[Chhapra|Chapra]] on 18 April 1940, the pro-separatist Muslim League's [[Lahore Resolution]] was condemned; notable members in attendance included Yahya Nazim, Syed Hasan Askari, Mozaffar Husain, Ali Muzaffar, Abdul Aziz Ansari, as well as Shabbir Hasan, who presided over the meeting.<ref name="Sajjad2014"/>

The All India Shia Political Conference was a member at the [[All India Azad Muslim Conference]], which [[opposition to the partition of India|opposed]] the [[partition of India]] and creation of Pakistan.<ref name="QasmiRobb2017">{{cite book |last1=Qasmi |first1=Ali Usman |last2=Robb |first2=Megan Eaton |title=Muslims against the Muslim League: Critiques of the Idea of Pakistan |date=2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781108621236 |page=2 |language=English}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[All India Shia Organisation]]
*[[Opposition to the partition of India]]
*[[Shia Islam in India]]

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[[Category:1929 establishments in India]]
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[[Category:History of the Indian National Congress]]

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