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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain
| image = Hussain sahib in his office.jpg
| caption = Hussain in his office in Jammu
| birth_date = 1 January 1929
| birth_place = [[Jhangar]], [[Rajouri district]], [[British Raj|British India]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Gujjars remember Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain on 18th death anniversary - Scoop News Jammu Kashmir |url=https://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=97220 |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Scoop News}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|30 September 2002|1 January 1929}}
| alma_mater = [[Lahore University]]
| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
| children = 6 including [[Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali]] (Former Cabinet Minister J&K Govt.) & Showkat Ali Chowdhary ([[Indian Forest Service|IFS]])
| office = Minister of Revenue, Relief and rehabilitation, Rural development and [[Panchayati Raj]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| constituency = [[Darhal Assembly constituency|Darhal]]
| term = 1977-1983
| term1 = 2000-2002
| predecessor = Mirza Mohd. Iqbal
| successor = Mirza Abdul Rashid
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1967-1975)
| office2 = Member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Darhal Assembly constituency|Darhal]]
| term_start2 = 1967
| term_end2 = 1996
| successor2 = Mirza Abdul Rashid

| term_start3 = 1977
| predecessor3 = Mirza Abdul Rashid
| term_end3 = 1996
| successor3 = Bashir Ahmed

| term_start4 = 1987
| predecessor4 = Bashir Ahmed
| term_end4 = 2002
| successor4 = Thakur Puran Singh
}}
'''Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain''' was an Indian politician and bureaucrat. He was part of 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th Jammu and Kashmir state Legislative assembly ([[Vidhan Sabha]]).<ref>[[Darhal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darhal (Vidhan Sabha) constituency]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/darhal-jammu-kashmir-assembly-constituency|title=Darhal Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>[https://india.votebook.world/chmohdhussain-po12213.aspx]{{dead link|date=June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/jk-minister-choudhary-mohammad-hussain-dead_60386.html|title=J-K minister Choudhary Mohammad Hussain dead|date=30 September 2002|website=Zee News}}</ref> He represented the [[Darhal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darhal Vidhan Sabha constituency]] of [[Rajouri district]] of erstwhile State of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] 5 times.

==Early life==
He was born in 1929 to [[Buland Khan]] in the Dhakkar clan of [[Muslim Gujjars]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=KNS |date=2021-09-30 |title=Remembering Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain: Who served the society till his last breath |url=https://www.knskashmir.com/remembering-chowdhary-mohammad-hussain--who-served-the-society-till-his-last-breath-95252 |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Kashmir News Service |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=BHALLESI |first=ZAKIR MALIK |date=2017-01-10 |title=Ch Mohammad Hussain: Leader of masses in Pir Panjal |url=https://archive.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=39402 |access-date= |website=The News Now |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Excelsior |first=Daily |date=2020-09-30 |title=Tribute to Ch Mohammad Hussain Leader of the Masses |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/tribute-to-ch-mohammad-hussain-leader-of-the-masses/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Daily Excelsior |language=en-US}}</ref> His forefathers had migrated from Gujrat and settled in various regions of [[Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]. His grandfather, [[Khokhar Khan]], had two sons named Buland Khan and Misri Khan, and he had settled in the village of Bain Hills Sikri in [[Kotranka]] town of [[Rajouri district]], Kashmir.<ref name=":0" />

==Political career==
He was first elected as MLA from this seat, on the mandate of [[Indian National Congress|Indian national congress]] in 1967 and 1969 (bi elections). He remained district chief of the INC for a long period. In 1972 he was denied the mandate by the INC, In 1975 he joined [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Jammu and Kashmir national conference]] headed by [[Sheikh Abdullah|Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah]]. In 1977 he contested the elections from the same vidhan sabha seat on the mandate of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]] and was elected for 3rd time to the Vidhan Sabha. He was inducted in the council of ministers of [[Sheikh Abdullah|Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah]]. In 1983 he lost the elections to INC candidate and veteran spiritual Gujjar leader with a very thin margin. In 1987, elections to Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly, he was again elected (4th time) to represent this constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/jammu-kashmir/darhal.html|title=Darhal Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency and Assembly Election Results|website=Maps Of India}}</ref>

Again, in 1996 elected to vidhan sabha for (5th time),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/jammu-and-kashmir/1996/darhal/|title=🗳️ Ch. Mohd. Hussain winner in Darhal, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 1996: LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates|website=LatestLY}}</ref> and was again inducted in the council of ministers headed by Dr [[Farooq Abdullah]] which he held till his death 30 September 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=82389|title=Ch Mohd Hussain remembered on 16th anniversary - Scoop News Jammu Kashmir|website=Scoop News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ch-mohd-hussains-16th-death-anniversary-observed/|title=Ch Mohd Hussain's 16th death anniversary observed|first=Daily|last=Excelsior|date=30 September 2018}}</ref>

He also served as Block Development Officer from 1957 to 1967. As a minister he headed the revenue, relief and rehabilitation, rural development and [[Panchayati Raj]] cooperatives departments etc.<ref name=":2" /> His younger son [[Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali]] also represents [[Darhal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darhal (Vidhan Sabha)]] [[Darhal vidhan sabha i|in]] 11th and 12th Assemblies and was a cabinet minister in the [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed|Mufti Mohommad Sayeed]] and [[Mehbooba Mufti]] Governments.{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==Death==
He died on 30 September 2002, while holding the position of Minister in the [[Farooq Abdullah]]-led government.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Rajouri district]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1967–1972]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Muslim Gujjars]]
[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1977–1983]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1987–1996]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1996–2002]]

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TeodoroGalvan6 at 14:07, 14 April 2026