Sher Mohammad Marri | |
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| Born | 1935 |
| Died | 11 May 1993(1993-05-11) (aged 57–58) |
| Years active | 1960s–1990 |
| Known for | Militancy, guerilla warfare |
Sher Mohammad Marri (Balochi:میر شير محمد مری) was the chief of theMarriBaloch tribe in Pakistan, and an early leader in theParrari movement which would lead to the formation of theBaloch Liberation Army, a militant nationalist group. A Marxist, he had close ties to leftist governments inKabul andMoscow.[2]
Sher Muhammad Marri was born inKohlu,Balochistan,British India in 1935. He was also known as Babu Shero, Shero Marri, General Sherof and Baloch Tiger.
Sher Mohammad was the firstBaloch to use the tactics of modern guerrilla warfare against the government. In the early 1960s, his Parari fighters attacked thePakistani Armed Forces in the Marri area and in Jahlawan under Mir Ali Muhammad Mengal. This campaign came to an end in 1967 with the declaration of ageneral amnesty.[3]
In 1973, Marri was arrested for his role in the struggles against the government ofZulfikar Ali Bhutto.[4] Upon his release in the late 1970s, Marri went into exile in Pakistan's Marxist neighbour, theDemocratic Republic of Afghanistan.[citation needed] Following the fall of the Communist Afghan government in April 1992, Marri briefly returned to Pakistan but then he went toIndia. In his last few years, Sher Mohammad Marri saw the cause of Baloch nationalism evaporating. The Baloch nationalist movement was full of schisms and in a state of disarray. The Baloch nationalist became divided after a bitter dispute broke out between Sher Mohammad Marri andKhair Bakhsh Marri.[1]
On 11 May 1993, Sher Mohammad Marri died in a hospital, inNew Delhi,India.[1]
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