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Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah of Kashmir, 1965–1975: From externment to enthronement

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posted on 2018-07-03, 08:47 authored by Rakesh AnkitRakesh Ankit
© 2018 Lokniti, Centre For The Study Of Developing Societies. Ousted as Premier, Jammu and Kashmir, in August 1953 and anointed as Chief Minister in February 1975, the so-called ‘Lion of Kashmir’ Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was imprisoned, in between these years, ultimately on charges of treason, with brief intermissions. Much has been written about the politics of Kashmir dispute, less so about the Sheikh and his personal troubles especially after the death of his friend Jawaharlal Nehru in May 1964. This somewhat overshadowed decade of his life, in comparison with his hey-days of 1947–1953, shows the kind of settlement in Kashmir that the government of Indira Gandhi was willing to consider. More interestingly, it shows how Sheikh Abdullah was willing to agree to it and provides the context in which he moved from being in a conflictual relationship with New Delhi to becoming, once again, a collaborator in Srinagar in 1975, thereby showcasing the limits of Abdullah’s politics and popularity.

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  • Social Sciences

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  • Politics and International Studies

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Studies in Indian Politics

Volume

6

Issue

1

Pages

88 - 102

Citation

ANKIT, R., 2018. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah of Kashmir, 1965–1975: From externment to enthronement. Studies in Indian Politics, 6(1), pp. 88-102.

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© Lokniti, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Published by Sage

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2017-07-27

Publication date

2018-04-04

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This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Studies in Indian Politics and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/2321023018762820

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2321-0230

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2321-7472

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  • en

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