Abdul Ghani Lone

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Abdul Gani Lone (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; 6 May 1932 – 21 May 2002) was a Kashmiri-separatist political leader.

Life

Lone was born in Dard Harie in the Kralpora tehsil of the Kupwara district of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in British India into a Kashmiri Muslim family. He earned a law degree from Aligarh Muslim University in 1957.[1]

His sons Bilal Lone and Sajjad Lone are Kashmiri politicians. Sajjad Lone was member of the Legislative Assembly. His daughter Shabnam Gani Lone is a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India,[2] while his eldest daughter Safiya Lone, a teacher by profession, died on 22 October 2017.

Career

He made his entry into politics serving in the state assembly as a Congress candidate in 1967. In 1978, he formed a Kashmiri separatist organization called People's Conference dedicated to "the restoration of 'internal autonomy' in Kashmir."Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Electoral performance

Election Constituency Party Result Votes % Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote % Ref
1987 Handwara Template:Party name with color Lost 43.88% Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan Template:Party name with color 46.93% [3]
1983 Handwara Template:Party name with color Lost 45.46% Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan Template:Party name with color 45.48% [4]
1977 Handwara Template:Party name with color Won 51.78% Sharif Ud Din Template:Party name with color 44.73% [5]
1972 Handwara Template:Party name with color Won 88.41% Sharif Ud Din Template:Party name with color 11.59% [6]
1967 Handwara Template:Party name with color Won Elected Unopposed [7]

Death

Lone and his guards were gunned down by two young assassins before they threw grenades and escaped on 21 May 2002 while commemorating the twelfth anniversary of the death of Kashmiri leader, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq. Eyewitnesses said that earlier in the day a group of youths arrived at the Idgah, shouting pro-Pakistan slogans, and two of them fired on Lone.[8]

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said "Pakistan wants Kashmir and so is desperate in its action, which this killing has proved." The then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said, "Mr. Lone was assassinated because he was working for peace in Jammu and Kashmir."[8]

His son Sajjad Lone said separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Pakistani spy agency ISI were responsible for his father's death, then later said Abdullah had provided inadequate security to his father.[9][10]

The United States condemned the assassination, with Secretary of State Colin Powell issuing a statement that said Lone was moderate who sought a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.[11]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Shabnam Lone, Outlook, 23 May 2002.
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  10. ↑ Thousands mourn Kashmiri separatist
  11. ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, U.S. Department of State, 31 March 2003, Retrieved 14 January 2012

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