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{{Short description|Indian lawyer and politician (1949–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Rashid Dar
| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Member of Legislative Council|MLC]]
| office = Chairman of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]]
| term_end = 2008
| term_start = 2000
| 2blankname = Deputy
| 2namedata = [[P Namgyal]]
| governor = [[Girish Chandra Saxena]] [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]] [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Farooq Abdullah]] [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| predecessor = ''Himself''
| successor = [[Ghulam Nabi Lone]]
| office2 = Deputy Chairman of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]]
| term_start2 = 1997
| term_end2 = 2000
| office1 = [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association|Member of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]]
| 3blankname1 = Patron
| 3namedata1 = [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]
| 4namedata1 = [[Denis Marshall (politician)|Dennis Marshall]] [[Arthur R. Donahoe]] [[William Shija]]
| 4blankname1 = Secretary-General
| 5blankname1 = Elected from
| 5namedata1 = [[Asia]]
| term_end1 = 2007
| term_start1 = 2001
| term_end3 = 1990
| constituency3 = [[Shangus]]
| predecessor3 = [[Maqbool Dar]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Farooq Abdullah]]
| successor3 = Abdul Majid
| office3 = [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| governor3 = [[Jagmohan]]
| term_start3 = 1987
| office5 = [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council|Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]]
| term_start5 = 1996
| term_end5 = 2002
| term_start6 = 2002
| term_end6 = 2008
| image = APJ Abdul Kalam and AR Dar.jpg
| caption = AR Dar (right) with President of India [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|APJ Abdul Kalam]] at SKICC Srinagar.
| party = [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Jammu Kashmir National Conference]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1949|4|13}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|02|28|1949|4|13}}
| death_place = Srinagar, India
}}
'''Abdul Rashid Dar''' (''unknown'' – 28 February 2020) was a politician from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Network |first=KL News |date=2020-02-29 |title=Former LC Chairman Rashid Dar Passes Away |url=https://kashmirlife.net/former-lc-chairman-rashid-dar-passes-away-224571/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Kashmir Life |language=en-GB}}</ref> He was [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] and served as the Chairman of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]].

== Political career ==
Dar started his career with the [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference|J&K National Conference]] (JKNC) in 1987 when he contested the state assembly election from [[Shangus Assembly constituency|Shangus]], [[Anantnag]]. In the election Dar was put up against the incumbent [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] MLA [[Maqbool Dar]], who served as the Home Minister (Mos) of India and former minister Ashraf Khan. Dar won the election and was elected MLA as a member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results in 1987 |url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/1987-election-results.html |access-date=2021-08-02 |website=www.elections.in}}</ref> He served in the state assembly till 1990 when the assembly was dissolved. Later on in 1996, Dar was elected to the upper house the Legislative Council of the state. During his initial term, he was nominated as the Vice Chairman of the Council, and two years later was elected as its Chairman. In 2001, he was re-elected as the Chairman as well as a member of the Legislative Council for a second term, followed by election for a third term in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor dissolves Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/02/19/Governor-dissolves-Jammu-and-Kashmir-State-Assembly/8715635403600/ |access-date=2021-09-17 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

=== Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ===
Abdul Rashid Dar was elected as the Regional Representative from Asia Region to the CPA Executive Committee for a period of three years at the CPA General Assembly meeting. The meetings were held in [[Windhoek|Windhoek (Namibia)]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-12-01 |title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764136/1/jpi_december_2002.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213213534/https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764136/1/jpi_december_2002.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2024 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=eparlib.nic.in }}</ref>

=== Legislative Council ===
[[File:Abdul Rashid Dar.jpg|thumb|left|251x251px|alt= Rfer caption |Abdul Rashid Dar as the Chairman presiding over a meeting of the J&K Legislative Council.]]A.R. Dar was elected to the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]] in 1996. Two years later, he was elected as the Deputy Chairman of the house.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

=== Election as the Chairman ===
In 2001, Dar was elected as the Chairman of the J&K Legislative Council. Dar and [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|JKNC]] parted ways. He remained independent while also continuing to serve as the Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

=== No Confidence Motion ===
In 2004 a [[Motion of no confidence|No confidence motion]] was moved against Dar. Deputy Chairman [[P Namgyal]] led proceedings of the house, majority of the members voted in support of Dar, after proving his support in the house he continued his term as the Chairman till 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Jammu & Kashmir|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040819/j%26k.htm#1|access-date=2021-08-02|website=www.tribuneindia.com|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802193610/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040819/j%26k.htm#1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Positions held ==
=== Public offices ===
Dar has held the following positions;
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Description
|-
|1987
|MLA [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|J&K Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|1996
|Elected to [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council|J&K Legislative Council]]
|-
|1998
|Deputy Chairman J&K Legislative Council

|-
|2001
|Elected to [[17th Lok Sabha|J&K Legislative Council]]
(2nd term)
|-
|2001
|Elected to [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association|Commonwealth Parliament]]
|-
|2001
|Chairman J&K Legislative Council
|-
|2002
|Chairman J&K Legislative Council
(Re-elected) 3rd Term
|}

== Death ==
Dar died on 28 February 2020. His death was condoled by the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|JK National Conference]]. Among the leaders were former minister and founder of "[[Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party|Apni Party]]" [[Altaf Bukhari|Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari]], former MLA [[Pahalgam]] [[Rafi Ahmed Mir|Rafi Ahmad Mir]], J&K Congress Ex-President, [[Ghulam Ahmad Mir|G.A Mir]], Former Minister and ex-State Congress president, Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed, Ex MLA Shangus, Gulzar Ahmad Wani, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] leader, [[Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami]], [[Hakeem Yasin|Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen]], [[Ghulam Hassan Mir]], Manzoor Ganie and Chairman Political Migrants Front, Sheikh [[Mohyeddin|Mohi-ud Din]], Shabnam, expressed profound grief over his demise.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Excelsior|first=Daily|date=2020-02-28|title=Former LC Chairman Rashid Dar passes away|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/former-lc-chairman-rashid-dar-passes-away/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Daily Excelsior |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Politicians from Srinagar]]
[[Category:Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Chairs of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1987–1996|Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]
[[Category:Independent politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]

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