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Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg
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Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg | |
|---|---|
 Mirza Afzal Beg | |
| Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 1974-1977 | |
| Revenue Minister of J&K | |
| In office 1948-1953 | |
| MLA Anantnag | |
| In office 1948-1953 | |
| Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1974-1977 | |
| Constituency | Anantnag (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| In office 1977-1982 | |
| Constituency | Anantnag (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| President and Founder of All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front | |
| In office 1955-1975 | |
| Cabinet Minister for Public Works (PWD) of Princely State of J&K | |
| In office 1942-1946 | |
| Member of Constituent Assembly of India and Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir | |
Mirza Mohammad Afzal Bég (1908 -1982) was a Kashmiri politician , First Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and lieutenant of the late Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdullah.[1] He was also the president of the All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front and was arrested as one of the accused in Kashmir Conspiracy Case. In later years, he was Sheikh Abdullah's representative in talks with the Indian government in 1974, inking the 1974 Indira-Sheikh accord.[2][3]
Early life[edit]
Afzal Bég hailed from Anantnag and was the son of mirza Nizamudin Beg, brother of Mirza Ghulam Qadir Beg and nephew of the landlord, Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Bég, of Anantnag. He graduated from Sri Pratap College, Sri Nagar and studied law at Aligarh Muslim University.[4]
Career[edit]
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He was part of the Constituent Assembly of India and Jammu and Kashmir. In 1978, Beg was expelled from the National Conference party by Sheikh Abdullah. Abdullah then groomed his own son Farooq Abdullah as his successor.[5]
Death[edit]
Mirza Afzal Beg died on 11 June 1982. He is survived by three sons and three daughters. His son Mirza Mehboob Beg is also a politician in the state.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ http://zabarwantimes.com/fakhr-e-kashmir-mirza-mohammad-afzal-beg-remembered/
- ↑ "J&K on threshold of Socio Economic Transformation: Rather - Kashmir Times". www.kashmirtimes.in.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Personalities: A Comprehensive and Authentic Biographical Dictionary of Men who Matter in India [Northern India and Parliament]. Arunam & Sheel. 1950. p. 9.
- ↑ Chowdhary, Rekha (2015), Jammu and Kashmir: Politics of Identity and Separatism, Routledge, p. 43, ISBN 978-1-317-41405-6