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{{Infobox political party<br />
| name = National Agriculturist Party<br />
| leader = [[Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari]]<br />
| foundation = 1934<br />
| dissolution = <br />
| headquarters = [[Agra and Oudh]], [[British India]]<br />
| seats1_title = Seats in the [[1937_Indian_provincial_elections#United_Provinces|1937 United Provinces Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| seats1 = 22<br />
| country = India<br />
| seats2_title = Seats in Legislative Councils<br />
| seats2 = 4<br />
| abbreviation = NAP<br />
| affiliation1_title = Supported by<br />
| affiliation1 = [[Zamindar|Zamindars]], [[Taluqdar|talukdars]], landlord class, [[British government]]<br />
| slogan = <br />
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'''National Agriculturist Party''' (NAP) was a political party in the [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]]) of [[British India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Soundings in Modern Southern Asia History |date=1968 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WfD02m8q8eYC&dq=National+Agriculturist+Party&pg=PA261}}</ref><ref>The Congress Party in India: Policies, Culture, Performance. (1991). India: Deep & Deep Publications.</ref> The party won 22 seats in the [[1937_Indian_provincial_elections#United_Provinces|1937 United Provinces legislative assembly election]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Brijesh | last=Singh |title=Comprehensive Modern Indian History: From 1707 To The Modern Times |publisher=S. Chand Publishing |isbn=9789355016577 |page=311 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f864EAAAQBAJ&dq=National+Agriculturist+Party+won&pg=PA311}}</ref> and won four seats in legislative councils. Established in 1934 in both [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|Agra]] and [[Oudh State|Oudh]], the National Agriculturist Party initially existed primarily on paper. Until 1936, it relied on the personal influence of its members to maintain its presence.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Ayesha Jalal |author1-link=Ayesha Jalal |title=The Sole Spokesman |date=1994 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9780521458504 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D63KMRN1SJ8C&dq=National+Agriculturist+Party&pg=PA29}}</ref> The party was formed with the support of zamindars and talukdars from both Hindu and Muslim communities, and it received backing from landlord class.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Emissary's Tweet |url=https://twitter.com/TheEmissaryCo/status/1437508617729679366 |publisher=The Emissary |date=14 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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It comprised two factions, the National Agriculturist Party of Agra (NAPA) and the National Agriculturist Party of Oudh (NAPO). The National Agriculturist Party received backing from the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British government]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sisson |first1=Richard |last2=Wolpert |first2=Stanley |title=Congress and Indian Nationalism The Pre-Independence Phase |date=20 April 2018 |isbn=9780520301634 |pages=318 |publisher=Univ of California Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47jADwAAQBAJ&dq=National+Agriculturist+Party&pg=PA318}}</ref> Initially supportive of British interests, these parties later played important roles in backing communal organisations within the province.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pai |first1=Sudha |title=Political Process in Uttar Pradesh Identity, Economic Reforms, and Governance |date=2007 |publisher=[[Pearson Longman]] |isbn=9788131707975 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S46rbUL6GrMC&dq=National+Agriculturist+Party&pg=PA48}}</ref> <br />
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During the 1937 election, although the [[Indian National Congress]] won a majority of seats, they declined to form a government. Consequently, on 1 April 1937, the [[Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari]] (the Nawab of [[Chhatari]]), the leader of the National Agriculturist Parties, was invited to form a minority provisional government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1937/apr/19/provincial-governments-ministers|date=19 April 1937|title=PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS (MINISTERS). (Hansard, 19 April 1937)|website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[1937 Indian provincial elections]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1934 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Agrarian parties in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct political parties in India]]<br />
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