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| name = <br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)]]<br />
| constituency = [[Chadoora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]<br />
|image = Mir_Mustafa_MLA.jpg<br />
| termend = 1977<br />
| termstart = 1972<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)]]<br />
| termend1 = 1990<br />
| termstart1 = 1987<br />
| death_date = March 1990<br />
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (1972)<br />
| spouse = Aisha Begum<br />
| children = [[Javaid Mustafa Mir]]<br />
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'''Ghulam Mustafa Mir''' was an Indian Politician and a member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]. He served twice as Member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Chadoora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] first in 1972 from the [[Indian National Congress]] and then in 1987 as an [[Independent politician|Independent Politician]]. Mir was abducted and assassinated by militants in March 1990.<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/hizbul-militant-gets-19year-sentence-for-killing-exmla/|title=Hizbul militant gets 19-year sentence for killing ex-MLA &#124; India News,The Indian Express|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=2021-08-25}}</ref><ref name="resultuniversity">{{cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/chadura-jammu-kashmir-assembly-constituency|title=Chadura Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|website=resultuniversity.com|access-date=2021-08-25}}</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Mir joined the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1960 and fought elections from the party in 1972 in which he achieved victory with an impressive lead of 18961 votes and 20774 margin in total. He was considered a close ally but he left congress and later fought the 1987 assembly elections as an independent candidate where he again emerged as victorious.<ref name="elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/chadoora.html|website=elections.in|title=Chadoora Election 2014, Results, Candidate List and winner of Chadoora Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency, Jammu And Kashmir|access-date=2021-08-25}}</ref><br />
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== Assassination ==<br />
In March 1990, Mir left his house but on his way he was abducted by militants, who demanded the release of eight militants but negotiations did not go well and he was killed, two days later, his body was found near [[Batamaloo]] and the accused gunmen were later killed in an encounter.<ref name="kashmirlife">{{cite web|url=https://kashmirlife.net/assassinated-issue-01-vol-08-100184/amp/|title=Assassinated|website=Kashmir Life|access-date=2021-08-25}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:1990 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Srinagar]]<br />
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