The 1945 Hazara Rebellion was a rebellion by the

Hazaras The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scatt ...

in the

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which occurred in 1945 and 1946. Its causes laid in the introduction of a new tax imposed only on the Hazaras. It began in November 1945,{{Cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJ1YDwAAQBAJ, title=The Hazaras and the Afghan State: Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition, last=Ibrahimi, first=Niamatullah, date=2017, publisher=Oxford University Press, isbn=9781849047074, pages=108, 109, language=en when Hazara Rebels under Ibrahim Khan, also known as "Bačča-Gāw-sawār" (''Son of the bull rider'') revolted against the local administration of Shahristan. After a siege lasting for about a week, the district, as well as arms and ammunition, fell into the hands of the rebels. There are two different accounts as to how the rebellion ended: According to

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, the Afghan government sent a force to pacify the region and subsequently withdrew the tax. According to Niamatullah Ibrahimi, it ended In spring 1946, when

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sent a delegation to the rebels, offering to lift the tax if the rebels laid down their arms, which was accepted.

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