The Desh Sevak Party was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. It was led by veteran leaders of the

Indian National Army The Indian National Army (INA, sometimes Second INA; ''Azad Hind Fauj'' ; 'Free Indian Army') was a Empire of Japan, Japanese-allied and -supported armed force constituted in Southeast Asia during World War II and led by Indian Nationalism#An ...

, General Mohan Singh and Col.

Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon (18 March 1914 – 6 February 2006) was an Indian military officer of the Indian National Army (INA). He faced charges of "waging war against His Majesty the King Emperor" due to his pivotal role in the Indian independen ...

. In October 1949 it merged with the

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a Left-wing nationalism, left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a Political faction, faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose, and was strongest ...

. Singh became the Forward Bloc chairman of AIFB and Dhillon the general secretary.

Sources

#Bose, K., ''Forward Bloc'', Madras: Tamil Nadu Academy of Political Science, 1988. Defunct political parties in India Political parties with year of establishment missing Political parties disestablished in 1949 1949 disestablishments in India All India Forward Bloc {{India-party-stub