Founded as a communist Marxist–Leninist party in 1920, it played an important role in the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. Following independence, it governed one-party Communist Mongolia. In 1924, the party became the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (, "Mongol Ardīn Huwĭsgalt Nam" "Mongol Ardiin Khuv'sgalt Nam"; , "MAKhN", (), when it joined the Communist International.