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The Kashmir Timeline

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah

Sher-e-Kashmir, the most influential Kashmiri leader of the 20th century.

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Sheikh Abdullah led the movement against Dogra rule from the 1930s, headed the government after 1947, and carried out land reforms that gave land to the farmers who worked it. He was dismissed and jailed in 1953, spent many years in detention, and returned as Chief Minister in 1975.

Facts

  • He is known as Sher-e-Kashmir, the Lion of Kashmir.
  • His party's 1944 manifesto, Naya Kashmir, set out plans for land reform and equal rights.