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New 36th Division
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<p>The New 36th Division was a cavalry division in the <a href="/facts/National_Revolutionary_Army/VXRMApfg">National Revolutionary Army</a>. It was created in 1932 by the <a href="/facts/Kuomintang/jxHMXkAo">Kuomintang</a> for General <a href="/facts/Ma_Zhongying/gEjqMu85">Ma Zhongying</a>, who was also its first commander. It was made almost entirely out of <a href="/facts/Hui_people/pYP5gCEX">Hui</a> Muslim troops, all of its officers were Hui, with a few thousand <a href="/facts/Uyghurs/SUNJlkjn">Uighurs</a> forced conscripts in the rank and file. It was commonly referred to as the KMT 36th Division or Tungan 36th Division. </p>