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| Office | 1st Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
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| Office | 4th Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
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| Term start | 30 March 1965 |
| Term end | 21 February 1967
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| Political party | National Conference, Indian National Congress
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Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq (1912 – 1971) was an Indian politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1964 to 1965, when the position was renamed to Chief Minister.Template:Sfn He continued as the Chief Minister till his death in 1971.Template:Sfn[1]
Education and career
He was a graduate of Islamia College in Lahore and Aligarh Muslim University.[2] He served in Sheikh Abdullah’s first cabinet from 1947 to 1953. [3] and was the leader of the National Conference party from 1957 to 1961 after which he joined the Indian National Congress. He was elected the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 1964. He became the first chief minister of the state in 1965, when the J&K Constitution was amended (Sixth Constitution of J&K Amendment Act, 1965) by the then Congress government, and the position of Prime Minister was replaced with Chief Minister.[4]
He died in office following a heart attack on December 12, 1971. [5]
References
- ↑ Abdul Ahad Azad. Sahitya Akademi.
- ↑ Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, 59, Kashmir Chief Minister, Dies. New York Times(13 December 1971).
- ↑ My faith in India still strong: Kin of last J&K PM. www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ↑ Explained: When Jammu & Kashmir had its own Prime Minister and Sadr-e-Riyasat. The Indian Express(2019-04-15). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ↑ Third JK CM to die in harness, Service, Tribune News. Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
Bibliography
- Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace. Harvard University Press.
- Jammu and Kashmir. Springer(2012).
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