Original: Social Democrat Hunchakian Party It was founded in 1887 by Avetis Nazarbekian , Mariam Vardanian , Gevorg Gharadjian , Ruben Khan-Azat , Christopher Ohanian , Gabriel Kafian and Manuel Manuelian , a group of college students in Geneva , Switzerland , with the goal to gain Armenia 's independence from the Ottoman Empire , which is part of Armenian national liberation movement Lebanon a Country Study By Federal Research Division - Page 185 .
Simplified: In the 1950s , it clashed , sometimes violently , with the Dashnak Party , due to tensions that escalated when the ARF elected Bishop Zareh as Catholicos of Cilicia , a move that was rejected by the Hunchaks .