Sheikh Abdullah, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sheikh Abdullah

Kashmiri politician

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1905

Place of Birth: Soura, India

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1982

Profession: writer, politician, chemist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mohammed Abdullah Sheikh (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was a Kashmiri politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost Indian state.
Referred as "Sher-e-Kashmir" (Lion of Kashmir), Abdullah was the founding leader of the All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference (later renamed Jammu and Kashmir National Conference) and the 2nd Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India.
He agitated against the rule of the Maharaja Hari Singh and urged self-rule for Kashmir.He served as the 2nd Prime Minister of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India in 1947 and was later jailed and exiled.
He was dismissed from the position of Prime Ministership on 8 August 1953 and Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad was appointed as the new Prime Minister.
The expressions ‘Sadar-i-Riyasat’ and ‘Prime Minister’ were replaced with the terms ‘Governor’ and ‘Chief Minister’ in 1965.
Sheikh Abdullah again became the Chief Minister of the state following the 1974 Indira-Sheikh accord and remained in the top slot till his death on 8 September 1982.