It incorporated discipline, truthfulness and social service with the objective of achieving a cohesive Muslim community.

[6] In February 1947, the British Indian government estimated the all-India strength to be 118,152, which is regarded as an underestimate by scholar Ian Talbot.

In 1946, Abdul Monem Khan organized the Muslim National Guards in Mymensingh with 100,000 volunteers and became the Salar-i-Zilla or the commander-in-chief of the district.

[8] On 24 January 1946, the Coalition Government in Punjab declared both the Muslim National Guards and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh illegal organizations.

[12][13] Evan Meredith Jenkins, the last British Governor of the Punjab compared the Muslim National Guards to Nazi storm troopers.

[14] Historian Rakesh Batabyal draws parallels between fascist methods and the creation of paramilitary forces such as the Muslim National Guards.