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HISTORICAL AND
POLITICAL PERSONALITIES
OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
CHAPTER 30
Jammu and Kashmir is a state where a number of eminent
personalities were born that have proved their splendor in
historical and political fields. Their contributions are valuable
to the society of Jammu and Kashmir and to our country India.
FamousHistoricalPersonalitiesofJammuand
Kashmir
Some famous historical and political personalities of Jammu are:
Kalhana
Kalhanaisthemostfamoushistorianandwriterwhoflourishedin12thcentury.He
wasaKashmiriBrahmin.Hewasbornin Parihaspura (nowParaspore) in
Baramulla districtofJammuandKashmir.HeisconsideredastheKashmir’sfirst
historian.
Hewastheauthorof‘Rajatarangini’(TheRiverofKings),anaccountofthehistory
ofKashmirirulers.KalhanastartedtowritethisKavyacompositionin1148CEand
tooktwoyearstocompletethisin1150CE.Hepresentedanauthenticpictureof
thecontemporarysocialandpoliticallifeofKashmir.
Gulab Singh
Hewasbornon17thOctober,1792inaDograRajputfamilyin Jammu.Hewas
thefounderofRoyalDogradynasty andthefirstMaharajaofthePrincelyStateof
JammuandKashmir.
ItwasthesecondlargestprincelystateinBritishperiod.Thestatewascreatedafter
thefirstAnglo-SikhWar(1845-46AD)whentheBritishsoldthelandsofKashmir
toGulabSinghthroughthe‘TreatyofAmritsar’(1846AD).Hediedon30thJune,
1857.
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HISTORICAL AND
POLITICAL PERSONALITIES
OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
CHAPTER 30
Jammu and Kashmir is a state where a number of eminent
personalities were born that have proved their splendor in
historical and political fields. Their contributions are valuable
to the society of Jammu and Kashmir and to our country India.
FamousHistoricalPersonalitiesofJammuand
Kashmir
Some famous historical and political personalities of Jammu are:
Kalhana
Kalhanaisthemostfamoushistorianandwriterwhoflourishedin12thcentury.He
wasaKashmiriBrahmin.Hewasbornin Parihaspura (nowParaspore) in
Baramulla districtofJammuandKashmir.HeisconsideredastheKashmir’sfirst
historian.
Hewastheauthorof‘Rajatarangini’(TheRiverofKings),anaccountofthehistory
ofKashmirirulers.KalhanastartedtowritethisKavyacompositionin1148CEand
tooktwoyearstocompletethisin1150CE.Hepresentedanauthenticpictureof
thecontemporarysocialandpoliticallifeofKashmir.
Gulab Singh
Hewasbornon17thOctober,1792inaDograRajputfamilyin Jammu.Hewas
thefounderofRoyalDogradynasty andthefirstMaharajaofthePrincelyStateof
JammuandKashmir.
ItwasthesecondlargestprincelystateinBritishperiod.Thestatewascreatedafter
thefirstAnglo-SikhWar(1845-46AD)whentheBritishsoldthelandsofKashmir
toGulabSinghthroughthe‘TreatyofAmritsar’(1846AD).Hediedon30thJune,
1857.
Famous Political
Personalities of Jammu
and Kashmir
Mehar Chand Mahajan
Hewasbornin1889in TikaNagrotain
theKangradistrict.Hewasthefirst
PrimeMinisterofJammuandKashmir
duringthereignofMaharajaHari
SinghandwasthethirdChiefJusticeof
SupremeCourtofIndia(fromJanuary,
1954toDecember,1954).Heplayeda
greatroleintheaccessionofJammuand
KashmirtoIndia.
HewasthenomineeoftheIndian
NationalCongressonthe Redcliff
Commission.TheCommissionthat
definedtheboundariesofIndiaand
Pakistan.Priortoholdthepositionof
theChiefJusticeofSupremeCourt,he
servedasoneofthefirstjudgesofthe
SupremeCourtofIndependentIndia.
Hediedin1967.
Hari Singh
Hewasbornon23rdSeptember,1895
inJammu intotheHinduKachwaha
caste,partofRajputcommunity.Hewas
thelastMaharaja(ruler)ofthePrincely
StateofJammuandKashmirwho
ascendedthethronein1925ADafter
thedeathofhisuncleSriPratapSingh.
Hebroughtmanyreformsinthestate
likemakingprimaryeducation
compulsory,introducedlawsprohibiting
childmarriageandallowedpeopleof
lowcastestoplacesofworship.He
signedtheInstrumentofAccessionon
26thOctober,1947,throughwhichthe
PrincelyStatewenttotheDominionof
India.Hediedon26thApril,1961.
Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah
Hewasbornin1905in Srinagar,
JammuandKashmir.Hewaspopularly
knownas‘Sher-e-Kashmir’anda
popularpoliticalfigureofthestate.He
foundedapoliticalparty,‘AllJammu
andKashmirMuslimConference’for
therightsofMuslimsinthestatein
1932.Thenameofthepartywas
changedafter7yearsas‘National
Conference’in1939. Hebecamethe
secondPrimeMinisterofthePrincely
State(from1948-1953)afterthe
accessiontoIndia.In1974,hebecame
theChiefMinisterof Jammuand
Kashmirfrom1975-1982.Hediedon
8thSeptember,1982.
BakshiGhulamMohammad
Hewasbornin1907inJammuand
Kashmir.Hewasapoliticianwho
belongedtotheJammuandKashmir
NationalConference.Hewasthe
DeputyPrimeMinisterofJammuand
Kashmirbetween1947-1953when
SheikhAbdullahwasPrimeMinisterof
thestate.ButwhenSheikhAbdullah
wasdismissedandarrested,Bakshi
GhulamMohammadbecamethePrime
MinisterofJammuandKashmirand
alsothePresidentofthepoliticalparty
i.e.NationalConference.
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HISTORICAL AND
POLITICAL PERSONALITIES
OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
CHAPTER 30
Jammu and Kashmir is a state where a number of eminent
personalities were born that have proved their splendor in
historical and political fields. Their contributions are valuable
to the society of Jammu and Kashmir and to our country India.
FamousHistoricalPersonalitiesofJammuand
Kashmir
Some famous historical and political personalities of Jammu are:
Kalhana
Kalhanaisthemostfamoushistorianandwriterwhoflourishedin12thcentury.He
wasaKashmiriBrahmin.Hewasbornin Parihaspura (nowParaspore) in
Baramulla districtofJammuandKashmir.HeisconsideredastheKashmir’sfirst
historian.
Hewastheauthorof‘Rajatarangini’(TheRiverofKings),anaccountofthehistory
ofKashmirirulers.KalhanastartedtowritethisKavyacompositionin1148CEand
tooktwoyearstocompletethisin1150CE.Hepresentedanauthenticpictureof
thecontemporarysocialandpoliticallifeofKashmir.
Gulab Singh
Hewasbornon17thOctober,1792inaDograRajputfamilyin Jammu.Hewas
thefounderofRoyalDogradynasty andthefirstMaharajaofthePrincelyStateof
JammuandKashmir.
ItwasthesecondlargestprincelystateinBritishperiod.Thestatewascreatedafter
thefirstAnglo-SikhWar(1845-46AD)whentheBritishsoldthelandsofKashmir
toGulabSinghthroughthe‘TreatyofAmritsar’(1846AD).Hediedon30thJune,
1857.
Famous Political
Personalities of Jammu
and Kashmir
Mehar Chand Mahajan
Hewasbornin1889in TikaNagrotain
theKangradistrict.Hewasthefirst
PrimeMinisterofJammuandKashmir
duringthereignofMaharajaHari
SinghandwasthethirdChiefJusticeof
SupremeCourtofIndia(fromJanuary,
1954toDecember,1954).Heplayeda
greatroleintheaccessionofJammuand
KashmirtoIndia.
HewasthenomineeoftheIndian
NationalCongressonthe Redcliff
Commission.TheCommissionthat
definedtheboundariesofIndiaand
Pakistan.Priortoholdthepositionof
theChiefJusticeofSupremeCourt,he
servedasoneofthefirstjudgesofthe
SupremeCourtofIndependentIndia.
Hediedin1967.
Hari Singh
Hewasbornon23rdSeptember,1895
inJammu intotheHinduKachwaha
caste,partofRajputcommunity.Hewas
thelastMaharaja(ruler)ofthePrincely
StateofJammuandKashmirwho
ascendedthethronein1925ADafter
thedeathofhisuncleSriPratapSingh.
Hebroughtmanyreformsinthestate
likemakingprimaryeducation
compulsory,introducedlawsprohibiting
childmarriageandallowedpeopleof
lowcastestoplacesofworship.He
signedtheInstrumentofAccessionon
26thOctober,1947,throughwhichthe
PrincelyStatewenttotheDominionof
India.Hediedon26thApril,1961.
Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah
Hewasbornin1905in Srinagar,
JammuandKashmir.Hewaspopularly
knownas‘Sher-e-Kashmir’anda
popularpoliticalfigureofthestate.He
foundedapoliticalparty,‘AllJammu
andKashmirMuslimConference’for
therightsofMuslimsinthestatein
1932.Thenameofthepartywas
changedafter7yearsas‘National
Conference’in1939. Hebecamethe
secondPrimeMinisterofthePrincely
State(from1948-1953)afterthe
accessiontoIndia.In1974,hebecame
theChiefMinisterof Jammuand
Kashmirfrom1975-1982.Hediedon
8thSeptember,1982.
BakshiGhulamMohammad
Hewasbornin1907inJammuand
Kashmir.Hewasapoliticianwho
belongedtotheJammuandKashmir
NationalConference.Hewasthe
DeputyPrimeMinisterofJammuand
Kashmirbetween1947-1953when
SheikhAbdullahwasPrimeMinisterof
thestate.ButwhenSheikhAbdullah
wasdismissedandarrested,Bakshi
GhulamMohammadbecamethePrime
MinisterofJammuandKashmirand
alsothePresidentofthepoliticalparty
i.e.NationalConference.
HeremainedonthepositionofPrime
MinisteroftheStateforaperiodof11
yearsfrom1953to1964.Duetohis
goodadministration,hewasknownas
the“ArclritectofModernKashmir”.
Prithvi Nath Dhar
Hewasborninon1stMarch,1919in
JammuandKashmir.Hewasan
economistandheadofIndiraGandhi’s
SecretariatandalsowasherPrincipal
Secretary.Hewasamongthefounders
oftheDelhiSchoolofEconomics.
Duringtheperiodfrom1978to1986,
heremainedinthepositionofthe
UnitedNationAssistantSecretary
General,ResearchandAnalysis.In
2008,hewashonouredbythePadma
Vibhushan.In2000,hismemoir‘Indira
Gandhi,theEmergencyandIndian
Democracy’waspublished.Hediedon
19thJuly,2012.
Syed Mir Qasim
Hewasbornin1921in Anantnag
districtinJammuandKashmir.Hewas
theChiefMinisterofthestate.His
politicallifestartedwithQuitKashmir
PoliticalMovementduringIndia’s
freedomstruggle.Hedraftedthe
KashmiriConstitutionandremainedon
variousstateandunionpositions.He
establishedtheIndianNationalCongress
inthestate(TheCongressParty).
HewashonouredbythePadma
Bhushan(posthumously)in2005.He
diedon12thDecember,2004.
Mian Bashir Ahmed
Hewasbornin1923inWanghatin
Kashmir.Heisapoliticiananda
religiousperson.Heremainedthe
memberofJammuandKashmir
LegislativeAssemblyforfourtimes.He
washonouredPadmaBhushanin2008
duetohiscontributiontothesociety.
Karan Singh
Hewasbornin1931inCannescityin
France.Heisapolitician,Philanthropist
andpoet.HeisthesonofMaharaja
HariSingh,thelastrulerofPrincely
StateofJammuandKashmir.Hewas
thememberoftheRajyaSabha(Upper
House)forNCTDelhi.From1965to
1967heservedasregent,the first
Sadar-i-Riyasat andGovernorof
JammuandKashmir.Hebecomethe
youngestevermemberofUnion
Cabinetin1967.
HealsoremainedasanIndian
AmbassadortoUSAfrom1989-1990.
HewasalsoonthepostofChancellor
ofmanyUniversitieslikeBanarasHindu
University,JammuandKashmir
UniversityandJawaharlalNehru
University.In2005,hewashonouredby
PadmaVibhushan.
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HISTORICAL AND
POLITICAL PERSONALITIES
OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
CHAPTER 30
Jammu and Kashmir is a state where a number of eminent
personalities were born that have proved their splendor in
historical and political fields. Their contributions are valuable
to the society of Jammu and Kashmir and to our country India.
FamousHistoricalPersonalitiesofJammuand
Kashmir
Some famous historical and political personalities of Jammu are:
Kalhana
Kalhanaisthemostfamoushistorianandwriterwhoflourishedin12thcentury.He
wasaKashmiriBrahmin.Hewasbornin Parihaspura (nowParaspore) in
Baramulla districtofJammuandKashmir.HeisconsideredastheKashmir’sfirst
historian.
Hewastheauthorof‘Rajatarangini’(TheRiverofKings),anaccountofthehistory
ofKashmirirulers.KalhanastartedtowritethisKavyacompositionin1148CEand
tooktwoyearstocompletethisin1150CE.Hepresentedanauthenticpictureof
thecontemporarysocialandpoliticallifeofKashmir.
Gulab Singh
Hewasbornon17thOctober,1792inaDograRajputfamilyin Jammu.Hewas
thefounderofRoyalDogradynasty andthefirstMaharajaofthePrincelyStateof
JammuandKashmir.
ItwasthesecondlargestprincelystateinBritishperiod.Thestatewascreatedafter
thefirstAnglo-SikhWar(1845-46AD)whentheBritishsoldthelandsofKashmir
toGulabSinghthroughthe‘TreatyofAmritsar’(1846AD).Hediedon30thJune,
1857.
Famous Political
Personalities of Jammu
and Kashmir
Mehar Chand Mahajan
Hewasbornin1889in TikaNagrotain
theKangradistrict.Hewasthefirst
PrimeMinisterofJammuandKashmir
duringthereignofMaharajaHari
SinghandwasthethirdChiefJusticeof
SupremeCourtofIndia(fromJanuary,
1954toDecember,1954).Heplayeda
greatroleintheaccessionofJammuand
KashmirtoIndia.
HewasthenomineeoftheIndian
NationalCongressonthe Redcliff
Commission.TheCommissionthat
definedtheboundariesofIndiaand
Pakistan.Priortoholdthepositionof
theChiefJusticeofSupremeCourt,he
servedasoneofthefirstjudgesofthe
SupremeCourtofIndependentIndia.
Hediedin1967.
Hari Singh
Hewasbornon23rdSeptember,1895
inJammu intotheHinduKachwaha
caste,partofRajputcommunity.Hewas
thelastMaharaja(ruler)ofthePrincely
StateofJammuandKashmirwho
ascendedthethronein1925ADafter
thedeathofhisuncleSriPratapSingh.
Hebroughtmanyreformsinthestate
likemakingprimaryeducation
compulsory,introducedlawsprohibiting
childmarriageandallowedpeopleof
lowcastestoplacesofworship.He
signedtheInstrumentofAccessionon
26thOctober,1947,throughwhichthe
PrincelyStatewenttotheDominionof
India.Hediedon26thApril,1961.
Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah
Hewasbornin1905in Srinagar,
JammuandKashmir.Hewaspopularly
knownas‘Sher-e-Kashmir’anda
popularpoliticalfigureofthestate.He
foundedapoliticalparty,‘AllJammu
andKashmirMuslimConference’for
therightsofMuslimsinthestatein
1932.Thenameofthepartywas
changedafter7yearsas‘National
Conference’in1939. Hebecamethe
secondPrimeMinisterofthePrincely
State(from1948-1953)afterthe
accessiontoIndia.In1974,hebecame
theChiefMinisterof Jammuand
Kashmirfrom1975-1982.Hediedon
8thSeptember,1982.
BakshiGhulamMohammad
Hewasbornin1907inJammuand
Kashmir.Hewasapoliticianwho
belongedtotheJammuandKashmir
NationalConference.Hewasthe
DeputyPrimeMinisterofJammuand
Kashmirbetween1947-1953when
SheikhAbdullahwasPrimeMinisterof
thestate.ButwhenSheikhAbdullah
wasdismissedandarrested,Bakshi
GhulamMohammadbecamethePrime
MinisterofJammuandKashmirand
alsothePresidentofthepoliticalparty
i.e.NationalConference.
HeremainedonthepositionofPrime
MinisteroftheStateforaperiodof11
yearsfrom1953to1964.Duetohis
goodadministration,hewasknownas
the“ArclritectofModernKashmir”.
Prithvi Nath Dhar
Hewasborninon1stMarch,1919in
JammuandKashmir.Hewasan
economistandheadofIndiraGandhi’s
SecretariatandalsowasherPrincipal
Secretary.Hewasamongthefounders
oftheDelhiSchoolofEconomics.
Duringtheperiodfrom1978to1986,
heremainedinthepositionofthe
UnitedNationAssistantSecretary
General,ResearchandAnalysis.In
2008,hewashonouredbythePadma
Vibhushan.In2000,hismemoir‘Indira
Gandhi,theEmergencyandIndian
Democracy’waspublished.Hediedon
19thJuly,2012.
Syed Mir Qasim
Hewasbornin1921in Anantnag
districtinJammuandKashmir.Hewas
theChiefMinisterofthestate.His
politicallifestartedwithQuitKashmir
PoliticalMovementduringIndia’s
freedomstruggle.Hedraftedthe
KashmiriConstitutionandremainedon
variousstateandunionpositions.He
establishedtheIndianNationalCongress
inthestate(TheCongressParty).
HewashonouredbythePadma
Bhushan(posthumously)in2005.He
diedon12thDecember,2004.
Mian Bashir Ahmed
Hewasbornin1923inWanghatin
Kashmir.Heisapoliticiananda
religiousperson.Heremainedthe
memberofJammuandKashmir
LegislativeAssemblyforfourtimes.He
washonouredPadmaBhushanin2008
duetohiscontributiontothesociety.
Karan Singh
Hewasbornin1931inCannescityin
France.Heisapolitician,Philanthropist
andpoet.HeisthesonofMaharaja
HariSingh,thelastrulerofPrincely
StateofJammuandKashmir.Hewas
thememberoftheRajyaSabha(Upper
House)forNCTDelhi.From1965to
1967heservedasregent,the first
Sadar-i-Riyasat andGovernorof
JammuandKashmir.Hebecomethe
youngestevermemberofUnion
Cabinetin1967.
HealsoremainedasanIndian
AmbassadortoUSAfrom1989-1990.
HewasalsoonthepostofChancellor
ofmanyUniversitieslikeBanarasHindu
University,JammuandKashmir
UniversityandJawaharlalNehru
University.In2005,hewashonouredby
PadmaVibhushan.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Hewasbornon12thJanuary,1936in
BijbeharainAnantnagdistrict.He
becometheChiefMinisterofJammu
andKashmirtwice,firstfrom2002to
2005andsecondfrom2015to2016.
HealsoservedasHomeMinisterof
Indiafrom1989to1990.In1999,he
foundedtheJammuandKashmir
‘People’sDemocraticParty’.Hediedon
7thJanuary,2016.
Farooq Abdullah
Hewasbornon21stOctober,1937in
Soura,Srinagar.Heisthesonof
SheikhAbdullahandfatherofOmar
Abdullah.Heremainedonthepostof
ChiefMinisterofJammuandKashmir
manytimessince1982.In1981,he
becamethePresidentoftheNational
Conference(PoliticalPartyofJammu
andKashmir).HebecameaCabinet
MinisterinManmohanSinghMinistry
from2009-2014.
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Hewasbornin1949in Dodadistrict.
HeisapoliticianfromtheIndian
NationalCongress.Till2005,he
remainedtheParliamentaryAffairs
MinisterofIndiaintheManmohan
SinghGovernment.On2ndNovember,
2005,hebecometheseventh
ChiefMinisterofJammuandKashmir.He
becametheMPofRajyaSabhaforJammu
andKashmiron16thFebruary,2015.
Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed
Shewasbornin1959inBijbehara,in
Anantnagdistrict.SheisthePresidentof
theJammuandKashmirPeople’s
DemocraticParty(PDP)andthe
daughterofMuftiMohammadSayeed.
ShebecamethefirstwomenChief
MinisterofJammuandKashmirfrom
2016-2018.SheisalsoIndia’ssecond
MuslimwomenChiefMinisterafter
SyedaAnwaraTaimurofAssam.
Omar Abdullah
Hewasbornon10thMarch,1970in
RochfordtowninEngland.Heisa
politicianfromJammuandKashmirand
thesonofFarooqAbdullah.From2001
to2002,heremainedastheUnion
MinisterofstateforExternalaffairsin
AtalBihariVajpayee’sNDAGovernment.
In2002,hebecamethePresidentofthe
NationalConference(PoliticalParty).
Againin2006,here-electedasthe
Presidentofthispoliticalparty.Hewas
appointedasthe11thandtheyoungest
ChiefMinisterofJammuandKashmir
from2009to2015.Heistheleaderof
oppositioninJammuandKashmir
LegislativeAssemblysince2015.
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HISTORICAL AND
POLITICAL PERSONALITIES
OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
CHAPTER 30
Jammu and Kashmir is a state where a number of eminent
personalities were born that have proved their splendor in
historical and political fields. Their contributions are valuable
to the society of Jammu and Kashmir and to our country India.
FamousHistoricalPersonalitiesofJammuand
Kashmir
Some famous historical and political personalities of Jammu are:
Kalhana
Kalhanaisthemostfamoushistorianandwriterwhoflourishedin12thcentury.He
wasaKashmiriBrahmin.Hewasbornin Parihaspura (nowParaspore) in
Baramulla districtofJammuandKashmir.HeisconsideredastheKashmir’sfirst
historian.
Hewastheauthorof‘Rajatarangini’(TheRiverofKings),anaccountofthehistory
ofKashmirirulers.KalhanastartedtowritethisKavyacompositionin1148CEand
tooktwoyearstocompletethisin1150CE.Hepresentedanauthenticpictureof
thecontemporarysocialandpoliticallifeofKashmir.
Gulab Singh
Hewasbornon17thOctober,1792inaDograRajputfamilyin Jammu.Hewas
thefounderofRoyalDogradynasty andthefirstMaharajaofthePrincelyStateof
JammuandKashmir.
ItwasthesecondlargestprincelystateinBritishperiod.Thestatewascreatedafter
thefirstAnglo-SikhWar(1845-46AD)whentheBritishsoldthelandsofKashmir
toGulabSinghthroughthe‘TreatyofAmritsar’(1846AD).Hediedon30thJune,
1857.
Famous Political
Personalities of Jammu
and Kashmir
Mehar Chand Mahajan
Hewasbornin1889in TikaNagrotain
theKangradistrict.Hewasthefirst
PrimeMinisterofJammuandKashmir
duringthereignofMaharajaHari
SinghandwasthethirdChiefJusticeof
SupremeCourtofIndia(fromJanuary,
1954toDecember,1954).Heplayeda
greatroleintheaccessionofJammuand
KashmirtoIndia.
HewasthenomineeoftheIndian
NationalCongressonthe Redcliff
Commission.TheCommissionthat
definedtheboundariesofIndiaand
Pakistan.Priortoholdthepositionof
theChiefJusticeofSupremeCourt,he
servedasoneofthefirstjudgesofthe
SupremeCourtofIndependentIndia.
Hediedin1967.
Hari Singh
Hewasbornon23rdSeptember,1895
inJammu intotheHinduKachwaha
caste,partofRajputcommunity.Hewas
thelastMaharaja(ruler)ofthePrincely
StateofJammuandKashmirwho
ascendedthethronein1925ADafter
thedeathofhisuncleSriPratapSingh.
Hebroughtmanyreformsinthestate
likemakingprimaryeducation
compulsory,introducedlawsprohibiting
childmarriageandallowedpeopleof
lowcastestoplacesofworship.He
signedtheInstrumentofAccessionon
26thOctober,1947,throughwhichthe
PrincelyStatewenttotheDominionof
India.Hediedon26thApril,1961.
Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah
Hewasbornin1905in Srinagar,
JammuandKashmir.Hewaspopularly
knownas‘Sher-e-Kashmir’anda
popularpoliticalfigureofthestate.He
foundedapoliticalparty,‘AllJammu
andKashmirMuslimConference’for
therightsofMuslimsinthestatein
1932.Thenameofthepartywas
changedafter7yearsas‘National
Conference’in1939. Hebecamethe
secondPrimeMinisterofthePrincely
State(from1948-1953)afterthe
accessiontoIndia.In1974,hebecame
theChiefMinisterof Jammuand
Kashmirfrom1975-1982.Hediedon
8thSeptember,1982.
BakshiGhulamMohammad
Hewasbornin1907inJammuand
Kashmir.Hewasapoliticianwho
belongedtotheJammuandKashmir
NationalConference.Hewasthe
DeputyPrimeMinisterofJammuand
Kashmirbetween1947-1953when
SheikhAbdullahwasPrimeMinisterof
thestate.ButwhenSheikhAbdullah
wasdismissedandarrested,Bakshi
GhulamMohammadbecamethePrime
MinisterofJammuandKashmirand
alsothePresidentofthepoliticalparty
i.e.NationalConference.
HeremainedonthepositionofPrime
MinisteroftheStateforaperiodof11
yearsfrom1953to1964.Duetohis
goodadministration,hewasknownas
the“ArclritectofModernKashmir”.
Prithvi Nath Dhar
Hewasborninon1stMarch,1919in
JammuandKashmir.Hewasan
economistandheadofIndiraGandhi’s
SecretariatandalsowasherPrincipal
Secretary.Hewasamongthefounders
oftheDelhiSchoolofEconomics.
Duringtheperiodfrom1978to1986,
heremainedinthepositionofthe
UnitedNationAssistantSecretary
General,ResearchandAnalysis.In
2008,hewashonouredbythePadma
Vibhushan.In2000,hismemoir‘Indira
Gandhi,theEmergencyandIndian
Democracy’waspublished.Hediedon
19thJuly,2012.
Syed Mir Qasim
Hewasbornin1921in Anantnag
districtinJammuandKashmir.Hewas
theChiefMinisterofthestate.His
politicallifestartedwithQuitKashmir
PoliticalMovementduringIndia’s
freedomstruggle.Hedraftedthe
KashmiriConstitutionandremainedon
variousstateandunionpositions.He
establishedtheIndianNationalCongress
inthestate(TheCongressParty).
HewashonouredbythePadma
Bhushan(posthumously)in2005.He
diedon12thDecember,2004.
Mian Bashir Ahmed
Hewasbornin1923inWanghatin
Kashmir.Heisapoliticiananda
religiousperson.Heremainedthe
memberofJammuandKashmir
LegislativeAssemblyforfourtimes.He
washonouredPadmaBhushanin2008
duetohiscontributiontothesociety.
Karan Singh
Hewasbornin1931inCannescityin
France.Heisapolitician,Philanthropist
andpoet.HeisthesonofMaharaja
HariSingh,thelastrulerofPrincely
StateofJammuandKashmir.Hewas
thememberoftheRajyaSabha(Upper
House)forNCTDelhi.From1965to
1967heservedasregent,the first
Sadar-i-Riyasat andGovernorof
JammuandKashmir.Hebecomethe
youngestevermemberofUnion
Cabinetin1967.
HealsoremainedasanIndian
AmbassadortoUSAfrom1989-1990.
HewasalsoonthepostofChancellor
ofmanyUniversitieslikeBanarasHindu
University,JammuandKashmir
UniversityandJawaharlalNehru
University.In2005,hewashonouredby
PadmaVibhushan.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Hewasbornon12thJanuary,1936in
BijbeharainAnantnagdistrict.He
becometheChiefMinisterofJammu
andKashmirtwice,firstfrom2002to
2005andsecondfrom2015to2016.
HealsoservedasHomeMinisterof
Indiafrom1989to1990.In1999,he
foundedtheJammuandKashmir
‘People’sDemocraticParty’.Hediedon
7thJanuary,2016.
Farooq Abdullah
Hewasbornon21stOctober,1937in
Soura,Srinagar.Heisthesonof
SheikhAbdullahandfatherofOmar
Abdullah.Heremainedonthepostof
ChiefMinisterofJammuandKashmir
manytimessince1982.In1981,he
becamethePresidentoftheNational
Conference(PoliticalPartyofJammu
andKashmir).HebecameaCabinet
MinisterinManmohanSinghMinistry
from2009-2014.
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Hewasbornin1949in Dodadistrict.
HeisapoliticianfromtheIndian
NationalCongress.Till2005,he
remainedtheParliamentaryAffairs
MinisterofIndiaintheManmohan
SinghGovernment.On2ndNovember,
2005,hebecometheseventh
ChiefMinisterofJammuandKashmir.He
becametheMPofRajyaSabhaforJammu
andKashmiron16thFebruary,2015.
Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed
Shewasbornin1959inBijbehara,in
Anantnagdistrict.SheisthePresidentof
theJammuandKashmirPeople’s
DemocraticParty(PDP)andthe
daughterofMuftiMohammadSayeed.
ShebecamethefirstwomenChief
MinisterofJammuandKashmirfrom
2016-2018.SheisalsoIndia’ssecond
MuslimwomenChiefMinisterafter
SyedaAnwaraTaimurofAssam.
Omar Abdullah
Hewasbornon10thMarch,1970in
RochfordtowninEngland.Heisa
politicianfromJammuandKashmirand
thesonofFarooqAbdullah.From2001
to2002,heremainedastheUnion
MinisterofstateforExternalaffairsin
AtalBihariVajpayee’sNDAGovernment.
In2002,hebecamethePresidentofthe
NationalConference(PoliticalParty).
Againin2006,here-electedasthe
Presidentofthispoliticalparty.Hewas
appointedasthe11thandtheyoungest
ChiefMinisterofJammuandKashmir
from2009to2015.Heistheleaderof
oppositioninJammuandKashmir
LegislativeAssemblysince2015.
Miscellaneous
Personalities
Swami Lakshman Joo
HewasborninSrinagarin1907.He
was afamedmysticandscholarof
KashmiriShaivismorTrika.His
followerscalledhimLalSahiborFriend
ofGod.Aftergettingself-realisationat
theageof20,hewrote‘Insearchofthe
Supreme’.Hewrotemanyphilosophical
textse.g.GitarthaSangraha,Sri
Kramanayadipika,etc.
Dina Nath Walli
Hewasbornin1908in Srinagar in
JammuandKashmir.Hewasafamous
watercolourartistandpoet.Hewas
famouslyknownbyhispenname,
‘AlmastKashmiri’andwasalsoapartof
theModernArtMovementinthestate.
In1939,hewasawardedgoldmedalby
theStateGovernmentandin1940,he
gotahighlycommendedmedalfrom
theAcademyofFineArt,Calcutta.
Healsowrotetwoimportantpoetries
namelyBalaYapir(Thissideof
mountains)in1955andSahaavakh
Posh(DesertFlowers)in1981.
Hediedin2006.
Pran Kishore Kaul
Hewasbornin1926in Srinagarin
JammuandKashmir.Heisastage
personality,aveteranwriter,painter,
director,producerandbroadcasterofthe
state.Heisfamouslyknownasthe
writerandcreatoroftheDoordarshan
televisionserial,GulGulshan
Gulfam (1991).
Hereceived SahityaAkademiAward
forhisnovel‘SheenTuWatuPod’
(Kashmirilanguage)in1989.Healso
received‘SilverPeacock’forthefeature
filmMaanzirathandin2018,he
receivedPadmaShriAwardinArts.He
isoneofthefoundersoftheMiltsar
KashmirMusicandDanceGroupwhich
supportsKashmiriandIndianarts.
Ghulam Rasool Santosh
Hewasbornin1929in Srinagar in
JammuandKashmir.Hewasa
Kashmiripainterwhowasbestknown
forhisthemesinspiredbyKashmiri
Shaivism.HejoinedtheProgressive
ArtsAssociationinKashmir.Healso
wroteplays,poetryandessaysinKashmiri.
HereceivedmanyawardslikeLalitKala
AkademiAwardin1973andPadmaShri
in1977.Hediedon10thMarch,1997.
Hashmat Ullah Khan
Hewasbornin1954 inSrinagar.Heis
aKashmiriKaniShawlpromoterand
entrepreneur.Thisisafamoustypeof
ShawlbelongingfromtheKanihama
areaofKashmirandisfamoussincethe
timeofMughals.HereceivedPadma
ShriAwardin2009inordertorevive
theweavingofthistypeofshawl.
Jaffar Ali
HewasborninHassanabadinSrinagar.
Hewasrenownedpapier-macheartist
andanentrepreneurfromJammuand
Kashmir.Hereceivedmanyawardsfor
hisexemplaryworkinpromoting
Kashmirihandicrafts.Hisgrandfather
broughtthepapier-machetradeto
KashmirfromMashad,Iran.

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1. Who are some of the prominent historical and political personalities of Jammu and Kashmir as mentioned in the JKPSC KAS exam?

Ans. Some of the prominent historical and political personalities of Jammu and Kashmir include Maharaja Hari Singh, Sheikh Abdullah, Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq, Farooq Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti.

2. What role did Maharaja Hari Singh play in the history of Jammu and Kashmir?

Ans. Maharaja Hari Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. He signed the Instrument of Accession with India in 1947, leading to the state becoming a part of the Indian Union.

3. How did Sheikh Abdullah contribute to the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir?

Ans. Sheikh Abdullah was a prominent political leader in Jammu and Kashmir who played a key role in the state's accession to India. He served as the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and later as the Chief Minister.

4. What achievements are associated with Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq's tenure as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?

Ans. Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq, as Chief Minister, focused on land reforms, education, and infrastructure development in Jammu and Kashmir. He also worked towards the economic progress of the state.

5. How has the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir been shaped by leaders like Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti?

Ans. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have been influential leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, advocating for the rights of the people and addressing various political challenges in the region. Their leadership has had a significant impact on the state's politics.

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