INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
troops in the 20th century, was held on Thursday in Bushehr province.Shahrivar 12 (which fell on September 3 this year), is designated as
the national day against British colonialism, commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Delvari.September 3 is designated as the national
day against British colonialism, commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Delvari.Rais Ali Delvari was born in 1882 in Delvar, a small
village in the southwestern Bushehr Province
He was martyred in 1915 at the age of 33 in a fierce clash with British aggressors in Bushehr.Though Persia (Iran) declared the state of
neutrality in World War I, it became divided into northern and southern spheres of influence under the Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1907 as the
country was deemed a great source of interest due to its significant oil reserve and strategic geography.The treaty, however, was widely
viewed by Iranians as having made the nation into nothing more than a British and Russian protectorate, so countless local uprisings
occurred against the British and Russian forces from north to the south.In northern Iran, the Jangal Movement of Gilan was the main
indigenous resistance against the foreign occupiers, and in southern parts, Tangistani amongst other tribes constituted the main resisting
power against the British Empire.On the eve of World War I, Germany established the Intelligence Bureau for the East for the Central Powers,
intending to promote and sustain anti-colonial movements and nationalist agitations in British India, Persia, and Egypt
wedge between Russia and the British forces.That was the time when Delvari with the help of Wassmuss was formulating a general Anti-British
The Iranian hero was, ultimately, killed by Anglo-Indian forces following months of bloody clashes.That was a brief story of why Shahrivar
12th has been designated as the National Day of Combat against British Colonialism in Iran.FB/MG
