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	Elections for the [[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir\|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister.		Elections for the [[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir\|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups such as the [[Jammu Praja Parishad]] agitation, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	Scholar [[Sumantra Bose]] states that the manner of elections indicated that the National Conference elites wanted to govern Jammu and Kashmir as a [[party state]]. Their slogan was "One Leader, One Party, One Programme". [[Balraj Puri]], journalist and secular activist from Jammu, is said to have argued with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] that Ghulam Mohiuddin Karra's group in the Kashmir Valley should be allowed to function as an opposition group in the state. While Nehru agreed with the principle he stated that nothing should be done to weaken Sheikh Abdullah.{{sfn\|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace\|2003\|pp=56–57}}		Scholar [[Sumantra Bose]] states that the manner of elections indicated that the National Conference elites wanted to govern Jammu and Kashmir as a [[party state]]. Their slogan was "One Leader, One Party, One Programme". [[Balraj Puri]], journalist and secular activist from Jammu, is said to have argued with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] that Ghulam Mohiuddin Karra's group in the Kashmir Valley should be allowed to function as an opposition group in the state. While Nehru agreed with the principle he stated that nothing should be done to weaken Sheikh Abdullah.{{sfn\|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace\|2003\|pp=56–57}}

	The Jammu Praja Parishad, having been denied opportunities for the democratic opposition, took to the streets. It demanded full integration of the state with India to ensure the "legitimate democratic rights of the people" against the "anti-Dogra government of Sheikh Abdullah".{{sfn\|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace\|2003\|pp=56–57}} The conflict with the Praja Parishad eventually led to the termination of Sheikh Abdullah's rule.<ref>{{citation \|first=Balraj \|last=Puri \|author-link=Balraj Puri \|title=Schizophrenia in Jammu? \|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] \|volume=9 \|number=6/8 \|date=Feb 1974 \|pages=185–187 \|jstor=4363413}}: "The agitation of the Jammu Praja Parishad in 1952-53 against the special status of the state is generally acknowledged to be the cause of Sheikh Abdullah's final breach with New Delhi."</ref><ref>{{harvnb\|Tillin, Asymmetry in Indian Federalism\|2006\|pp=54–55}}: "It was partly in response to their campaign that Sheikh Abdullah began to emphasize the option of Kashmir’s independence, leading to his arrest in 1953 and the installation of a more pliant government which gave its consent to the extension of most of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir."</ref>		The [[Jammu Praja Parishad]], having been denied opportunities for the democratic opposition, took to the streets. It demanded full integration of the state with India to ensure the "legitimate democratic rights of the people" against the "anti-Dogra government of Sheikh Abdullah".{{sfn\|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace\|2003\|pp=56–57}} The conflict with the Praja Parishad eventually led to the termination of Sheikh Abdullah's rule.<ref>{{citation \|first=Balraj \|last=Puri \|author-link=Balraj Puri \|title=Schizophrenia in Jammu? \|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] \|volume=9 \|number=6/8 \|date=Feb 1974 \|pages=185–187 \|jstor=4363413}}: "The agitation of the Jammu Praja Parishad in 1952-53 against the special status of the state is generally acknowledged to be the cause of Sheikh Abdullah's final breach with New Delhi."</ref><ref>{{harvnb\|Tillin, Asymmetry in Indian Federalism\|2006\|pp=54–55}}: "It was partly in response to their campaign that Sheikh Abdullah began to emphasize the option of Kashmir’s independence, leading to his arrest in 1953 and the installation of a more pliant government which gave its consent to the extension of most of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir."</ref>

	== Government formation ==		== Government formation ==

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	~~'''~~Elections~~'''~~ for the ~~'''~~[[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir\|Constituent Assembly]]~~'''~~ of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of ~~'''~~[[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] ~~'''~~ were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister.		Elections for the [[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir\|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister.

	==Background==		==Background==
	The princely state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)\|acceded]] to the Union of India on 26 October 1947. Shortly ~~afterward~~, the [[Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir]] appointed [[Sheikh Abdullah]] as the Head of Emergency Administration, who ran the affairs in the [[Kashmir Valley]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]].		The princely state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)\|acceded]] to the Union of India on 26 October 1947. Shortly afterwards, the [[Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir]] appointed [[Sheikh Abdullah]] as the Head of Emergency Administration, who ran the affairs in the [[Kashmir Valley]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]]. Following the cease-fire achieved on 1 January 1948, Sheikh Abdullah was appointed as the Prime Minister of the state on 5 March 1948. He chose an eight-member Cabinet, with the other members being:{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=188}}
	Following the cease-fire achieved on 1 January 1948, Sheikh Abdullah was appointed as the Prime Minister of the state on 5 March 1948. He chose an eight-member Cabinet, with the other members being:{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=188}}
	* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Deputy Prime Minister		* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Deputy Prime Minister
	* [[Mirza Afzal Beg]] – Revenue		* [[Mirza Afzal Beg]] – Revenue
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	On 30 April, the Prince Regent [[Karan Singh]] issued a proclamation announcing the elections for the Constituent Assembly based on the adult franchise by secret ballot. The elections took place in September–October 1951.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=186}}		On 30 April, the Prince Regent [[Karan Singh]] issued a proclamation announcing the elections for the Constituent Assembly based on the adult franchise by secret ballot. The elections took place in September–October 1951.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=186}}
	The Constituent Assembly was to have a nominal membership of 100 members, of which 25 seats were allocated to [[Azad Kashmir]] under Pakistani control (which were never filled). Of the remaining 75 seats, [[Kashmir Division\|Kashmir]] was allocated 43 seats, [[Ladakh]] 2 seats, and [[Jammu Division\|Jammu]] 30 seats.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=186}}{{sfn\|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace\|2003\|p=55}}		The Constituent Assembly was to have a nominal membership of 100 members, of which 25 seats were allocated to [[Azad Kashmir]] under Pakistani control (which were never filled). Of the remaining 75 seats, [[Kashmir Division\|Kashmir]] was allocated 43 seats, [[Ladakh]] 2 seats, and [[Jammu Division\|Jammu]] 30 seats.{{sfn\|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir\|2012\|p=186}}{{sfn\|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace\|2003\|p=55}}

	==The election==		==The election==
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	== Government formation ==		== Government formation ==

			=== Sheikh Abdullah ministry ===
	Sheikh Abdullah continued as the Prime Minister of the State. Two members of the erstwhile Cabinet from the [[Jammu Division\|Jammu province]], Sardar Budh Singh and Pir Mohammad Khan were dropped. [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] stepped down from his Cabinet duties to serve as the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly. The remaining members of the Cabinet were:		Sheikh Abdullah continued as the Prime Minister of the State. Two members of the erstwhile Cabinet from the [[Jammu Division\|Jammu province]], Sardar Budh Singh and Pir Mohammad Khan were dropped. [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] stepped down from his Cabinet duties to serve as the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly. The remaining members of the Cabinet were:
	* [[Sheikh Abdullah]] – Prime Minister		* [[Sheikh Abdullah]] – Prime Minister
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	Later [[D. P. Dhar]], Mubarak Shah, Major Piara Singh and Ghulam Mohiuddin Hamdani were appointed as Deputy Ministers.<ref name="Qāsim1992">{{citation \|last=Qāsim \|first=Sayyid Mīr \|title=My Life and Times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNFJKap8YxwC&pg=PA53 \|year=1992 \|publisher=Allied Publishers \|isbn=978-81-7023-355-8 \|page=53}}</ref>		Later [[D. P. Dhar]], Mubarak Shah, Major Piara Singh and Ghulam Mohiuddin Hamdani were appointed as Deputy Ministers.<ref name="Qāsim1992">{{citation \|last=Qāsim \|first=Sayyid Mīr \|title=My Life and Times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNFJKap8YxwC&pg=PA53 \|year=1992 \|publisher=Allied Publishers \|isbn=978-81-7023-355-8 \|page=53}}</ref>

	Following intense frictions with the Jammu Praja Parishad in Jammu and the Head Lama Kushak Bakula of Ladakh, as well as ongoing frictions with the Union government, Sheikh Abdullah was dismissed from the post of Prime Minister by the Head of State [[Karan Singh]] in August 1953 ~~and put in prison~~. ~~His erstwhile deputy,~~ [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was sworn in as the next Prime Minister. His Cabinet consisted of:		=== Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad ministry ===
			Following intense frictions with the Jammu Praja Parishad in Jammu and the Head Lama Kushak Bakula of Ladakh, as well as ongoing frictions with the Union government, Sheikh Abdullah was dismissed from the post of Prime Minister by the ''Sadr-e-Riyasat'' (Head of State) [[Karan Singh]] in August 1953. Abdullah was also arrested on conspiracy charges. The Deputy Prime Minister [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was sworn in as the next Prime Minister. His Cabinet consisted of:
	* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Prime Minister		* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Prime Minister
	* [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] – Education		* [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] – Education
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'''Elections''' for the '''[[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir|Constituent Assembly]]''' of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of '''[[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] ''' were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister.

==Background==
The princely state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)|acceded]] to the Union of India on 26 October 1947. Shortly afterward, the [[Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir]] appointed [[Sheikh Abdullah]] as the Head of Emergency Administration, who ran the affairs in the [[Kashmir Valley]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]].
Following the cease-fire achieved on 1 January 1948, Sheikh Abdullah was appointed as the Prime Minister of the state on 5 March 1948. He chose an eight-member Cabinet, with the other members being:{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=188}}
* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Deputy Prime Minister
* [[Mirza Afzal Beg]] – Revenue
* Sardar Budh Singh – Health and Rehabilitation
* [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] – Development
* Shyam Lal Saraf – Civil Supplies and Local Self-Government
* [[Girdhari Lal Dogra]] – Finance
* Pir Mohammad Khan – Education
The [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]], the party of Sheikh Abdullah, announced on 27 October 1950 its decision to convene a Constituent Assembly for the state of Jammu and Kashmir.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=169}}

Pakistan immediately raised a complaint in the United Nations Security Council stating that India was convening a Constituent Assembly to "ratify the formal accession of the State to India" in contravention of the Security Council resolutions.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|pp=163, 185}} India reassured all parties that the decision of the Constituent Assembly would not affect India's commitments in the Security Council.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}} The Security Council took note of the development in its [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 91|30 March 1951 resolution]] and reminded both the Indian and Pakistani governments of the past resolutions of the Security Council and affirmed that the decisions of the Constituent Assembly would not be binding.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|pp=168–169}}{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=54}}

On 30 April, the Prince Regent [[Karan Singh]] issued a proclamation announcing the elections for the Constituent Assembly based on the adult franchise by secret ballot. The elections took place in September–October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}}
The Constituent Assembly was to have a nominal membership of 100 members, of which 25 seats were allocated to [[Azad Kashmir]] under Pakistani control (which were never filled). Of the remaining 75 seats, [[Kashmir Division|Kashmir]] was allocated 43 seats, [[Ladakh]] 2 seats, and [[Jammu Division|Jammu]] 30 seats.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}}{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=55}}

==The election==
The elections were conducted by the State's election and franchise commissioner.<ref>{{citation|last=Ahuja|first=M. L.|title=Electoral Politics and General Elections in India, 1952-1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CFCjniBF9s8C&pg=PA101|date=1998|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-711-5|pages=101–}}</ref>
The process of elections was highly irregular. All the 43 seats allocated to Kashmir went to the National Conference candidates, who were elected unopposed a week before the date of the elections. In Jammu, 13 candidates belonging to the [[Jammu Praja Parishad]] had their nominations rejected. Praja Parishad then boycotted the elections, alleging the Government's illegal practices and official interference. Two independent candidates dropped out at the last moment, giving a clean sweep to the National Conference.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}}{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=55–56}} In Ladakh, the Head Lama, Kushak Bakula and an associate won seats, as nominal members of the National Conference.<ref name="BubandtBeek2012">{{citation |last1=van Beek |first1=Martijn |chapter=Enlightened democracy: Normative secularism and spiritual authority on the margins of Indian politics |editor1=Nils Ole Bubandt |editor2=Martijn Van Beek |title=Varieties of Secularism in Asia: Anthropological Explorations of Religion, Politics and the Spiritual |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tKoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 |date= 2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-66864-7 |page=87}}</ref>

Thus, the National Conference won all the 75 seats to the Constituent Assembly, which convened on 31 October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=186}}

Scholar [[Sumantra Bose]] states that the manner of elections indicated that the National Conference elites wanted to govern Jammu and Kashmir as a [[party state]]. Their slogan was "One Leader, One Party, One Programme". [[Balraj Puri]], journalist and secular activist from Jammu, is said to have argued with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] that Ghulam Mohiuddin Karra's group in the Kashmir Valley should be allowed to function as an opposition group in the state. While Nehru agreed with the principle he stated that nothing should be done to weaken Sheikh Abdullah.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=56–57}}

The Jammu Praja Parishad, having been denied opportunities for the democratic opposition, took to the streets. It demanded full integration of the state with India to ensure the "legitimate democratic rights of the people" against the "anti-Dogra government of Sheikh Abdullah".{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=56–57}} The conflict with the Praja Parishad eventually led to the termination of Sheikh Abdullah's rule.<ref>{{citation |first=Balraj |last=Puri |author-link=Balraj Puri |title=Schizophrenia in Jammu? |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |volume=9 |number=6/8 |date=Feb 1974 |pages=185–187 |jstor=4363413}}: "The agitation of the Jammu Praja Parishad in 1952-53 against the special status of the state is generally acknowledged to be the cause of Sheikh Abdullah's final breach with New Delhi."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tillin, Asymmetry in Indian Federalism|2006|pp=54–55}}: "It was partly in response to their campaign that Sheikh Abdullah began to emphasize the option of Kashmir’s independence, leading to his arrest in 1953 and the installation of a more pliant government which gave its consent to the extension of most of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir."</ref>

== Government formation ==
Sheikh Abdullah continued as the Prime Minister of the State. Two members of the erstwhile Cabinet from the [[Jammu Division|Jammu province]], Sardar Budh Singh and Pir Mohammad Khan were dropped. [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] stepped down from his Cabinet duties to serve as the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly. The remaining members of the Cabinet were:
* [[Sheikh Abdullah]] – Prime Minister
* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Deputy Prime Minister
* [[Mirza Afzal Beg]]
* Shyam Lal Saraf
* [[Girdhari Lal Dogra]]
Later [[D. P. Dhar]], Mubarak Shah, Major Piara Singh and Ghulam Mohiuddin Hamdani were appointed as Deputy Ministers.<ref name="Qāsim1992">{{citation |last=Qāsim |first=Sayyid Mīr |title=My Life and Times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNFJKap8YxwC&pg=PA53 |year=1992 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7023-355-8 |page=53}}</ref>

Following intense frictions with the Jammu Praja Parishad in Jammu and the Head Lama Kushak Bakula of Ladakh, as well as ongoing frictions with the Union government, Sheikh Abdullah was dismissed from the post of Prime Minister by the Head of State [[Karan Singh]] in August 1953 and put in prison. His erstwhile deputy, [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was sworn in as the next Prime Minister. His Cabinet consisted of:
* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] – Prime Minister
* [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]] – Education
* [[Shyam Lal Saraf]] – Development
* [[Girdhari Lal Dogra]] – Finance
* [[Syed Mir Qasim]] – Revenue
Kushak Bakula was appointed as a deputy minister and he pledged his support for the new government.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=209}}

Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad continued as the Prime Minister for the remaining six-year term of the Constituent Assembly. The Assembly continued with its mission of formulating the [[Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir|State Constitution]], which was adopted on 17 November 1956, coming into effect on 26 January 1957.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{citation |first=Sumantra |last=Bose |author-link=Sumantra Bose |title=Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-674-01173-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ACMe9WBdNAC |ref={{sfnref|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003}}}}
* {{citation |last=Das Gupta |first=Jyoti Bhusan |title=Jammu and Kashmir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dpTpCAAAQBAJ |date=2012 |orig-year=first published 1968 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-94-011-9231-6 |ref={{sfnref|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012}}}}
* {{citation |last=Tillin |first=Louise |title=Unite in Diversity? Asymmetry in Indian Federalism |journal=Publius: The Journal of Federalism |volume=37 |number=1 |pages=45–67 |year=2006 |doi=10.1093/publius/pjl017 |ref={{sfnref|Tillin, Asymmetry in Indian Federalism|2006}}|hdl=10.1093/publius/pjl017 |hdl-access=free }}

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