The National Revolutionary Party (NRP; Dari: حزب انقلاب ملی, romanized: Hezb Enqilab Mili; Pashto: ملي انقلابي ګوند, romanized: Melli Enqelabi Gund), or National Revolution Party, was a political party in the Republic of Afghanistan.
The party was founded in 1975[verification needed] by President Mohammed Daoud Khan, who had seized control of Afghanistan from his first cousin, King Mohammed Zahir Shah, in the mostly bloodless 1973 coup d'état.
[1] The party was formed in an attempt by Daoud to garner support and grassroots backing for his republican regime.
To this end, the party sought to be an umbrella organization for all of the factions of the progressive movement in Afghanistan.
[1] The party did not survive the Saur Revolution in April 1978, which saw the overthrow and death of Daoud and his family, and the rise to power of the communist Khalqists belonging to the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.