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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas
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| caption =
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|02|04}}.
| birth_place =
| alma_mater = [[Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College|Prince of Wales College, Jammu]], Lahore Law College
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|12|18|1904|02|04}}
| death_place = [[Rawalpindi]]
| nationality = {{flagicon image|Flag of Pakistan.svg}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Azad Kashmir.svg}} [[Pakistani Kashmiri]]
| other_names =
| occupation = politician of Jammu and Kasmir
| years_active = 1940 – 1967
| known_for = [[Kashmir conflict]] leader<br/>[[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]] leader
| notable_works =
}}

'''Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas''' (4 February 1904 – 18 December 1967) was a [[leading]] [[politician]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and the President of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference|Muslim Conference]] party. After his migration to [[Pakistan administered Kashmir]] in 1947, he became the head of the [[Azad Kashmir]] (AJK) government.

==Early life and career==
Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was born in a middle class [[Gujjar famiy] family of Chaudhry Nawab Khan on 4 February 1904 at [[Jammu]].<ref name=storyofpakistan/><ref>https://idsa.in/system/files/book/pok_book-2019.pdf</ref> He graduated from the [[Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College|Prince of Wales College, Jammu]]. He received his law degree from the Lahore Law College and started his career as a lawyer in Jammu. He was offered a position of Sub-Judge but he refused to serve the Dogra Raj in Kashmir.<ref name=storyofpakistan/>

He reorganized the socio-political organization Young Men’s Muslim Association, which was established earlier in 1909 and was the only platform that Muslims were using to raise their political voice in Jammu and Kashmir. This organization held some massive demonstrations against the Dogra rule. As a result, the Association became very popular among the Muslim public.<ref name=storyofpakistan/>

To protect the rights of the Muslims of the [[Valley of Kashmir]], another organization, [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]] was established. Its president was [[Sheikh Abdullah]] while Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was elected as its secretary general. Later the organization was renamed as [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]. But when Sheikh Abdullah developed his association with [[Nehru]] and the [[All India National Congress]], Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas withdrew from the National Conference. Consequently, the Muslim Conference was revived under the leadership of Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas and [[Agha Shaukat Ali]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/print/a-man-to-remember/143200.html |title=A man to remember (Agha Shaukat Ali) |access-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301104104/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/print/a-man-to-remember/143200.html |archive-date=1 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1x9LDwAAQBAJ&dq=Agha+Shaukat+ALI+Sheikh+Showkat+hussain&pg=PA61|title=KASHMIR PROFILES: ملفات كشمير [انكليزي] (The Devoted - Agha Shaukat Ali)|first=DR SHEIKH SHOWKAT|last=HUSSAIN|date=1 January 2017|publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية|isbn=9782745121950|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=TheNation/>

The Muslim Conference demanded Kashmir affiliation to Pakistan on 19 July 1947.<ref name=storyofpakistan/>

Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas campaigned for the affiliation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan. He arrived in Pakistan after the transfer of prisoners in 1948 when the ceasefire in the [[Kashmir conflict]] took effect and served the Azad Kashmir government till 1951. He presented the case of Pakistan in the [[United Nations]] along with [[Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (politician)|Muhammad Ibrahim Khan]] when India [[UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute|took the Kashmir issue]] there. [[United Nations]] ended up drawing the cease-fire line to stop the fighting.<ref name=storyofpakistan/>

In 1951, he resigned as head of the Azad Kashmir government and did not participate in government politics after that.<ref name=storyofpakistan>[http://storyofpakistan.com/chaudhry-ghulam-abbas Profile of Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas on storyofpakistan.com website] Published 1 January 2007, Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Abbas died of stomach cancer in Rawalpindi on 18 December 1967 and was laid to rest in Faizabad near [[Rawalpindi]], close to the capital city of [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.<ref name=TheNation>[http://nation.com.pk/lahore/19-Dec-2014/ghulam-abbas-remembered Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas remembered] The Nation (newspaper), Published 19 December 2014, Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8048383-kashmiris-want-exercise-of-right-to-selfdetermination# |title=Kashmiris want exercise of right to self-determination |access-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201060132/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8048383-kashmiris-want-exercise-of-right-to-selfdetermination# |archive-date=1 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1995, [[Pakistan Postal Services]] issued a commemorative postage stamp to honor his services.<ref>[http://www.amazingpakistanis.com/chaudhry-ghulam-abbas.html Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas's Commemorative Postage Stamp] Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>

In 2006, a public event was organized in [[Rawalpindi]], Pakistan to observe his death anniversary on 19 December 2006 where the leaders of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]], [[Sardar Abdul Qayyum]] and [[Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan]] paid tributes to him.<ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/224041/kashmiris-vow-to-continue-liberation-struggle Kashmiris vow to continue liberation struggle (on death anniversary of Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas)] Dawn (newspaper), Published 19 December 2006, Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>

In 2014, on the death anniversary of Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas, an event was organized at Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan in [[Lahore]] to pay tributes to this dedicated leader of [[Pakistan Movement]] and Kashmir liberation struggle.<ref name=TheNation/>

==Books==
===By him===
*''Kashmakash'', 2010. Autobiography.

===About him===
*''Qāʼid-i Kashmīr : Chaudhrī G̲h̲ulām ʻAbbās'', 1988, by Bashīr Aḥmad Quraishī.
*''Ḥayāt-i qāʼid-i Kashmīr, Chauhdrī G̲h̲ulām ʻAbbās'', 1992, by Sayyid Mahmūd Āzād.
*''Chauhdrī G̲h̲ulām ʻAbbās : shak̲h̲ṣiyyat aur kārnāme'', 1992, by G̲h̲ulām Ḥusain Aẓhar.
*''Qāʼid-i millat Chauhdarī G̲h̲ulām ʻAbbās'', 2004, by Javvād Ḥusain Jaʻfarī.
*''Qāʼid-i Kashmīr aur taḥrīk-i Kashmīr'', 2005, by Muḥammad Yaʻqūb Chauhdarī.

==References==
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Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas - Revision history

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