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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai
| image = File:Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai.jpg
| caption = Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai
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| residence = [[Kargil District|Kargil]], [[Ladakh]]
| office = Former Member of J&K Legislative Assembly
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| region = [[Ladakh]]
| website = http://www.asgarkarbalai.in
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'''Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai''' is a political and social leader from [[Kargil District]], [[Ladakh]]. He has been the chief executive councillor of [[Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil]] twice. As of December 2014 he is a member of the Legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. He is an influential member of the socio-religious organisation [[Imam Khomeini]] Memorial.

==Early Life and Family==
He is the son of Sheikh Ghulam Abbas hailing from Bagh-e-Khumaini, Kargil. His father Ghulam Abass was in [[Karbala]], [[Iraq]] to study Islamic theology. Karbalai was born in Iraq and did his basic schooling there. During the massacre of Shia Muslims in Iraq by [[Saddam Hussein]], Karbalai along with his family migrated to his hometown Kargil.

==Social and Political Life==
He began actively participating in social activities after getting inspiration from the 1979 [[Iranian Revolution]]. By the year 2003 he had established himself on the socio-political front in the district. He was elected as a Councillor in the local administrative council - The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil - from [[Poyen, Kargil|Poyen]] constituency. He had earlier been a member of the [[Kargil]] Progressive Alliance. He proposed the issue of granting Ladakh the status of Greater Ladakh, for the first time at an international platform, in a conference at [[London]] which was a new clause in the [[Kashmir]] issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sachtimes.com/en/special-report/683-ladakh-the-missing-line-from-the-j-k-flag|title=Sachtimes - Ladakh: The missing line from the J&K flag|publisher=Sachtimes.com|accessdate=25 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009185132/http://sachtimes.com/en/special-report/683-ladakh-the-missing-line-from-the-j-k-flag|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is vocal about supporting the Kashmiris based on centuries of traditional, economic and religious ties but is stiffly opposed to the idea of separatism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.risingkashmir.com/kargil-supports-kashmiris-not-azadi/ |title=Kargil supports Kashmiris not Azadi |work=Rising Kashmir. |accessdate=25 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125062237/http://www.risingkashmir.com/kargil-supports-kashmiris-not-azadi/ |archivedate=25 November 2014 }}</ref>

He was elected as a member of the first LAHDC Kargil (representing Poyen constituency) in 2003 and served as a councillor. He became the second chief executive councillor of LAHDC-Kargil as the previous government could not meet the majority seats and was toppled down soon.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZTDAAAAQBAJ&q=Asgar+Ali+Karbalai&pg=PA203|title=Counterinsurgency, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity in India|isbn=9781134509836|accessdate=25 November 2014|last1=Bhan|first1=Mona|date=11 September 2013}}</ref> During the second term of LAHDC-Kargil he acted as the leader of the opposition party. During the third term of LAHDC-Kargil, he represented Pashkyum constituency and led his party to a second term. He won a majority and became chairman/CEC.

In 2014 he got elected as a member of the J&K Legislative assembly from the 49 - Kargil Assembly constituency.<ref name="eciresults">{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0949.htm?ac=49|title=Page Not Found|publisher=eciresults.nic.in|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref>

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[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir local politicians]]
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