Raza Bahawalpuri

## Early Life

Raza Bahawalpuri was born on June 26, 1979, Orland City, Havenland (Present-day Ayaanland). Raza was born to Mohammad Bahawalpuri and Jabeen Bahawalpuri.

### Childhood

Raza spent his childhood surrounded by Anti-Haveni sentiments and stories of atrocious acts against "freedom fighters" by the Havenis.

Raza went to primary school starting at age 5, and graduated at age 13, in 1992. From 1992 to 1996, he attended secondary school, where he excelled in his academics, and began his journey to become a politician. His aspirations in politics at the time were to lead the Ayna People to a more sovereign or autonomous place in the world.

### Education

In 1996, after graduating secondary school, Raza went to the United States were he began studying at the University of Chicago. He completed his prerequisites by 1998, and began studying political science. In 2002, he graduated with a Master's degree in Political Sciences and returned to Orland City.

## Political Career

### Return to Ayaanland

After returning home, Raza worked in the city government of Orland City as an appointee. In 2004, he was elected to the City Council of Orland City and was assigned to overseeing the Park & Recreation Department.

### Ayaanland War for Independence

On September 1, 2005, the Ayaanland War for Independence began. At the beginning of the war, the city council was divided on how to proceed, and which side to take in the conflict. Raza voted to side with Asaas Faisalabadi and his revolutionaries, and the city council as a whole made the same decision. Raza was reassigned to managing and coordinating militia operations as the city converted its police into a militia and recruited able-bodied people for the defense preparations.

On February 20, the Orland City Council got word of Haveni forces advancing towards Havenland, Raza voted against sending parts of the militia to act a guerrilla troops and ambush the enemies. The council voted in the opposite direction and created a guerrilla division of the militia.

On March 1, Raza was reassigned from being a militia coordinator to being a delegate to Asaas Faisalabadi and his revolutionaries.

On March 16, the Haveni troops entered Orland City in the First Battle of Orland City, and fought the local militia. The enemy troops were able to take over half of the city before coming to a stalemate where a line of control and a no-man's land was established. During this offensive, the mayor of Orland City was killed.

Both sides stood their ground on either side of the no-man's land similar to trench warfare. After the line of control was established, Raza drafted a physical message for the revolutionaries, because of the wireless communications being taken down.

Eventually the message reached Asaas, however, on May 4, before his troops arrived in Orland City, the ceasefire ended when the Haveni troops were ordered to cross into the no-man's land and face a slaughter from the other side of the no-man's land. Raza was on the other side of the no-man's land conducting a media operation using photographs when the fighting began, and was quickly evacuated.

On June 1, the local militia was able to retake the city, and had captured 60% of the enemy forces as prisoners of war. On June 2, Asaas gave a speech in the old no-man's land, where the city had been heavily damaged. After 2 days of staying in Orland City, Raza voted to allow the militia and the city to join with the revolutionaries and the new nation of Ayaanland, along with the rest of the council.

On June 4, the revolutionaries left Orland City to fight in Quaze City, and Raza was reassigned again to Chairman of the Reconstruction Department.

### Orland City Politics

From June 5 to June 20, Raza spearheaded reconstruction and censuses of the survivors. On June 20, an Orland City delegate traveled to Quaze City to sign a final draft of the constitution, which was signed on June 22, 2006.

On June 23, 2006, an election was announced for Orland City mayor, and Raza joined the race. He campaigned as an Independent and faced off against an Independence Party member. Raza marginally defeated the Independence Party, because of its lower popularity in the Orland City area compared to the rest of Ayaanland.

On July 14, 2006, Raza was sworn in as the Mayor of Orland City, and based most of his agenda on reconstruction, reconciliation, and reinforcement (The 3 R's). He conducted speedy reconstruction operations and completed a census. He allowed the building of the modern Orland City Hospital after its destruction, and completely rebuilt the communication infrastructure of the city.

By 2008, when the mayoral elections once again returned, Raza decided to pull out, because of his aspirations to create a new political party and run for the governor of the Mraf Region in 2010

### Founding the Socialist Party

In 2009, Raza founded the Socialist Party, in preparation for the gubernatorial election in 2010.

On June 30, 2010, Asaas Faisalabadi was assassinated, and his campaign was taken over by Ali Faisalabadi. Raza believed, along with many others, that Ali did not live up to Asaas, and he joined the presidential race.