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Sanaullah Amritsari Abul Wafa Sanaullah Amritsari (12 June 1868 – 15 March 1948) was a British Indian, later Pakistani, Muslim scholar and a leading figure within the Ahl-e-Hadith movement who was active in the Punjab city of Amritsar. He was an alumnus of Maza ...

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Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He s ...

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Durga Prasad Dhar Durga Prasad Dhar, commonly known as D. P. Dhar (1918–1975), was a Kashmiri politician and an Indian diplomat, who is a considered a chief architect of the Indian intervention in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Dhar was a close adviser an ...

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Masood Khan Masood Khan () is a Pakistani-Kashmiri diplomat who is currently serving as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States. Khan also served as the 27th President of Azad Kashmir. Khan joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980. From August 20 ...

Azad Jammu & Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

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Neel Kashkari Neel Tushar Kashkari

(1973– ), Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for

Financial Stability Financial stability is a property of a financial system that dissipates financial imbalances that arise endogenously in the financial markets or as a result of significant adverse and unforeseeable circumstances. When stable, the system absorbs ...

in the

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P. K. Kaul Pratap Kishen Kaul (3 July 1929 – 2 March 2007) was an Indian Civil Servant and held several important and sensitive posts in the Government of India. He was from the 1951 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and served as the Cabinet ...

(1929-2007), ambassador of India to the United States (1986–1989) * Purushottam Narayan Haksar (1913–1998), political strategist * Rafiq Ahmad Pampori (born 1956), Islamic scholar, author and the former Principal of the

Government Medical College, Srinagar The Government Medical College, Srinagar (Urdu: , Kashmiri: ; also known as GMC Srinagar) is a government medical college and hospital located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was established in 1959. It is the oldest medical college ...

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Rameshwar Nath Kao Rameshwar Nath Kao (R.N. Kao) (10 May 1918 – 20 January 2002) was an Indian spymaster and the first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) from its founding in 1968 to 1977. Kao was one of India ...

(1918–2002), first chief of the

Research and Analysis Wing The Research and Analysis Wing (abbreviated R&AW; hi, ) is the foreign intelligence agency of India. The agency's primary function is gathering foreign intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, advising Indian policymakers, an ...

, India's intelligence agency (from 1969 to 1977) *

Sameera Fazili Sameera Fazili is an American attorney and public official who served as a Deputy Director of the National Economic Council (United States), National Economic Council in the Biden Administration. A noted community development financial institu ...

, Kashmiri American attorney and community development finance expert who is a deputy director of the National Economic Council in the Biden Administration. *

Shah Faesal Shah Faesal (born 17 May 1983) is an Indian bureaucrat currently posted as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Culture (India) In 2010, he became the first Kashmiri to top the Indian Civil Services Examination. He tendered his resignation from ...

IAS topper (2009), youth icon, politician *

Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah was the founding leader of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (later rena ...

(5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982), Leader of the National Conference, Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India in 1947. * T.N. Kaul (1913–2000), ambassador of India to USA (1973–1976), Soviet Union & Iran. Foreign Secretary, Indian Ministry of External Affairs. * V. N. Kaul Comptroller and Auditor General of India (2002-2008). *

Tej Bahadur Sapru Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (8 December 1875 20 January 1949) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, and politician. He was a key figure in India's struggle for independence, helping draft the Indian Constitution. He was the leader of the Liberal pa ...

(1875–1949), lawyer, political and social leader during the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

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Triloki Nath Khoshoo Triloki Nath Khoshoo (1927-2002) was an Indian environmental scientist and administrator. He started his professional career as the co-founder of the Department of Botany that moved to Khalsa College, Amritsar, soon after the partition of India. ...

(1927–2002), secretary of the Department of Environment in the

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

Government, and environmentalist *

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ('' née'' Swarup Nehru; 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the 6th Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 to 1964 and 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 19 ...

(1900–1990), ambassador of India to the United States (1949–1952),

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(1953), politician, sister of

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

* Zafar Choudhary Journalist, author, policy analyst, and practitioner of peace-building. *

Zaffar Iqbal Manhas Zafar Iqbal Manhas is an Indian writer, poet, social activist and a Pahari politician from Jammu and Kashmir. Life He was an MLC of the Shopian district of Kashmir division. He was a senior member of the Peoples Democratic Party until jo ...

writer, poet, social activist and Pahari politician hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.

Armed forces

* Brij Mohan Kaul, commanded the Indian forces in the

Sino-Indian War The Sino-Indian War took place between China and India from October to November 1962, as a major flare-up of the Sino-Indian border dispute. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tib ...

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Asghar Khan Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan (Retd.) ( ur, 17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018), was a Pakistani politician and an autobiographer, later a dissident serving the cause of pacifism, peace, and human rights. Born into a military famil ...

, Pakistan First Air Force Chief Air Marshal * General Aziz Khan,

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) ( ur, ) is, in principle, the highest-ranking and senior most uniformed military officer, typically at four-star rank, in the Pakistan Armed Forces who serves as a Principal Staff Officer an ...

in the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

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Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

Anil Kaul Anil Kaul (born 25 December 1964) is a retired male badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the inaugural men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. He did so alongside Iain Sydie. A resident of Victoria, Manitob ...

, VrC, Indian Army *

Mahendra Nath Mulla Captain (Indian Navy), Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, Maha Vir Chakra, MVC (15 May 1926 – 9 December 1971) was an officer of the Indian Navy. As the Commanding Officer of , he chose to go The captain goes down with the ship, down with his ship ...

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Mohammed Amin Naik Major General Mohammed Amin Naik SM (born 25 September 1953) was an Indian Army officer. Major General Naik was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army in December 1974. Early life and education Naik was born in Dadasara vill ...

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Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Indian Army *

Mushaf Ali Mir Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir ( Punjabi, Urdu: مصحف على مير; March 5, 1947– 20 February 2003) was an influential statesman and a four-star air force general who served as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PA ...

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Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...

(1947–2003) Chief of the Air Staff of the

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

(2000–2003) * S. K. Kaul (1934– ),

Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...

of the Indian Air Force, former Chief of Air Staff (1993–1995) *

Tahir Rafique Butt Tahir Rafique Butt (Urdu:طاهر رفيق بٹ;b. 1955), is a retired air officer who was the 13th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force serving from 19 March 2012 to 19 March 2015. He was replaced by Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman. B ...

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Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...

is the current Chief of the Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force (2012 -) *

Tapishwar Narain Raina General Tapishwar Narain Raina (24 January 1921 – 19 May 1980), best known as T.N. Raina, was a senior army officer and a diplomat who served as the 9th Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army between 1975 and 1978. Upon retirement, ...

(1921–1980), hief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (1975–1978)

Authors and poets

*Abdul Ahad Azad, Kashmiri poet *Agha Shahid Ali, (1949-2001) Poet *Amin Kamil (1924-2014), Kashmiri poet & short story writer *Ata ul Haq Qasmi, Urdu-language Poet, playwright and columnist. *Basharat Peer (1977– ), author *Bhamaha Poet of kavyalankara *

Bilhana Kavi Bilhana was an 11th-century Kashmiri poet. He is known for his love poem, the ''Caurapañcāśikā''. According to legend, Bilhana fell in love with the daughter of King Madanabhirama, Princess Yaminipurnatilaka, and had a secretive love af ...

, 11th century poet * Chandrakanta (1938– ), novelist and short story writer * Dina Nath Walli alias ''Al-mast Kashmiri'' (1908–2006), poet as well as renowned water color artist * Fahad Shah, journalist * Ghulam Ahmad (1885–1952), poet, better known by the pen name ''Mahjoor'' *

Ghulam Nabi Firaq Professor Ghulam Nabi Firaq (15 July 1927 – 17 December 2016) was an Indian Kashmiri poet, writer and an educationist. As an educationist he tried his best to reach all sections of society to help them in uplifting their educational standard ...

(1922-), poet, writer and educationist *

Habba Khatun Habba Khatoon (born Zoon; 1554 – 1609; sometimes spelled Khatun), also known by the honorary title ''The Nightingale of Kashmir'', was a Kashmiri Muslim poet and ascetic in the 16th century. Her compositions have been sung and recited count ...

16th century poet, known as Zoon (the Moon) because of her immense beauty * Hakeem Manzoor (1937–2006) an Urdu writer, poet & administrator. He has written more than 15 books including Na Tamaam, Barf Ruton Ki Aag and Lahu Lamas Chinar. *

Hanifa Deen Hanifa Deen is an Australian writer, of Pakistani ancestry. She won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethnic Affairs Commission Award in 1996, and her book, ''The Jihad Seminar'', was short-listed for the 2008 Human Rights Awards ...

, Australian writer winner of

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, th ...

— Ethnic Affairs Commission Award of 1996. *

Hari Kunzru Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru (born 1969) is a British novelist and journalist. He is the author of the novels '' The Impressionist'', '' Transmission'', ''My Revolutions'', ''Gods Without Men'', ''White Tears''David Robinson"Interview: Hari Kunzru, a ...

(1969– ), British novelist of Kashmiri descent *

Javaid Rahi Javaid Rahi is an Indian author, a tribal social reformer, and a researcher. He worked in the preservation of the Culture and Heritage of indigenous communities of North-western India focusing on tribal Gujjar-Bakerwal culture. He is a writer o ...

(1970) Tribal researcher of national repute working on tribal Gujjar culture. *

Khalid Hasan Khalid Hasan (15 April 1934 – 5 February 2009) was a Pakistani journalist and writer. Author and editor of several books, in addition to being a regular columnist for a number of English-language Pakistani newspapers, he is best known for his ...

(1935–2009) writer, senior Pakistani journalist and diplomat. *

Krishna Hutheesing Krishna Nehru Hutheesing (2 November 1907 – 9 November 1967) was an Indian writer, the youngest sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and part of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Biography Born Krishna Nehru, in Mirganj, Allahabad ...

(1907–1967), author, and sister of

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

* Madhosh Balhami, (1966-), poet known for his

elegies An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to ''The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy'', "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometime ...

for dead militants * Mahmud Gami (1765–1855), composed a version of the story of ''

Yusuf and Zulaikha "Yusuf and Zulaikha" (the English transliteration of both names varies greatly) refers to a medieval Islamic version of the story of the prophet Yusuf and Potiphar's wife which has been for centuries in the Muslim world, and is found in many langu ...

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Manju Kak Manju Kak is a writer. She is an author, a critic, and an art and cultural historian. She has also been a volunteer engaged in development issues and women's organizations. Her fiction, essays, critical reviews, and articles have appeared in ne ...

, short story writer *

Maqbool Shah Kralawari Peer Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820–1877) پیر مقبول شاہ کرالہ واری पीर मक़बूल शाह क्रालवारी was a poet of the 19th-century Kashmiri literature. Educated in Persian literature and con ...

(1820–1876), lyricist *

Marghoob Banihali Ghulam Mohammed Giri (5 March 1937 – 27 April 2021) also known by his pen name Marghoob Banihali was a Kashmiri poet from Bankoot, Banihal, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. Personal life Marghoob los ...

, Kashmiri poet from Banihal, Kashmir. *

Meeraji Mohammad Sanaullah Dar (25 May 1912 – 3 November 1949), better known as Meeraji was an Indian Urdu poet. He lived the life of a bohemian, working only intermittently. Early life Born into a Kashmiri family of Gujranwala and named Moham ...

(1912–1949) Urdu poet, lived the life of a bohemian and worked only intermittently *

Mirza Waheed Mirza Waheed is a novelist who was born and raised in Srinagar but now lives in London. Writing career Mirza has written for the BBC, The Guardian, Granta, Guernica (magazine), Al Jazeera English and The New York Times. His first novel, '' ...

British Novelist born and raised in Kashmir. *

Momin Khan Momin Momin Khan Momin (; 1800–14 May 1852) was a late Mughal era poet known for his Urdu ghazals. A lesser-known contemporary of Ghalib and Zauq, he used "Momin" as his pen name. His grave is located in the Mehdiyan cemetery in Maulana Azad M ...

(1800–1851) poet known for his Urdu ghazals *

Moti Lal Kemmu Moti Lal Kemmu (born 1933) is an Indian contemporary playwright from Jammu & Kashmir. He was born in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family and attended Jammu and Kashmir University. His plays include ''Nagar Udas'', ''Teen Asangati Aikanki' ...

(1933– ), playwright * Muhammad Din Fauq (1877-1945) writer and first journalist of Kashmir. *

Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

(1877–1938) Muslim poet and philosopher. Commonly referred to as

Allama ''Allāmah'' ( ar, عَلَّامة, Urdu and , meaning "learned"), also spelled ''Allāma'' and ''Allama'' and “ Allameh “, is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great ...

Iqbal *

Nayantara Sahgal Nayantara Sahgal (born 10 May 1927) is an Indian writer who writes in English. She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. She was awarded the 1986 S ...

(1927– ), Indo-Anglian writer, novelist * Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah. *

Pamposh Bhat Pamposh Bhat (born 19 September 1958) is a New Delhi-based environmentalist and award-winning writer. Bhat has been awarded the prestigious Rajbhasha Award for Poetry in 1995 for her work ''"Kshitij Ki Khoj Mein" (In search of the Horizon)''. ...

, (1958– ), author and environmentalist. * Rasul Mir, also known as the

John Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculo ...

of Kashmir. *

Rehman Rahi Abdur Rehman Rahi (6 May 1925 – 9 January 2023) was an Kashmiri poet, translator and critic. He was awarded the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for his poetry collection ''Nawroz-i-Saba'', the Padma Shri in 2000, and India's highest li ...

, Kashmiri poet *

Rahul Pandita Rahul Pandita () is an Indian author and journalist. Early life Rahul Pandita is a Kashmiri Pandit born in the Kashmir Valley. In 1990, at the age of 14, he had to leave the Valley along with his family as part of the Exodus of Kashmiri Pand ...

, Kashmiri author and journalist. *

Rudrata Rudrata ( sa, रुद्रट, ) () was a Kashmiri poet and literary theorist, who wrote a work called the ''Kavyalankara'' in the first quarter of the ninth century. Very little is known about Rudrata. From Namisadhu's commentary on the verses ...

poet * S.L. Sadhu (1917–), Scholar, Professor, poet, writer,

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

and Historian *

Saadat Hasan Manto Saadat Hasan Manto (; Punjabi, ur, , ; 11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan. Writing ma ...

(1912–1955), short story writer, member

Progressive Writers' Movement The Progressive Writers' Association or the Progressive Writers' Movement of India or ''Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind'' (( ur, ) or ''Akhil Bhartiya Pragatishil Lekhak Sangh'' (Hindi: अखिल भारतीय प्रगति� ...

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Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Wes ...

(1947– ), British-Indian novelist and essayist *

Santha Rama Rau Santha Rama Rau (24 January 1923 – 21 April 2009) was an Indian-born American writer. Early life and background While Santha's father was a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin from Canara whose mother-tongue was Konkani, her mother was a Ka ...

(1923– 2009),

travel writer The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature was Pausanias, a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE. In the early modern period ...

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Sheikh Showkat Hussain Sheikh Showkat Hussain; born on 5 February 1954 is a Kashmiris, Kashmiri political analyst and a prominent scholar of human rights and international law, he has authored several books on the Kashmir conflict. Biography Early life and education ...

(1954– ), author and political analyst * Tanha Ansari (1914 – 1969), poet *

Vishnu Sharma Sharma (Sanskrit: विष्णुशर्मन् / विष्णुशर्मा) was an Indian scholar and author who wrote the ''Panchatantra'', a collection of fables. Works Panchatantra is one of the most widely translated non-re ...

author of panchtantra *

Zinda Kaul Zinda Kaul (1884–1965) was an Indian poet, writer and teacher. He composed in Persian, Hindi, Urdu and Kashmiri. Kaul also translated works of Kashmiri into English, Persian and Hindi. Personal life Zinda Kaul was also known as ''MasterJi'' ...

(1884–1965), poet, also known as ''Masterji'' * Zulfiqar Naqvi Urdu poet and English lecturer, from

Mendhar Tehsil Mendhar is a tehsil (administrative district) in the Poonch district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in the foothills of Pir Panjal range within the Himalayas. The Mendhar Tehsil headquarters is in Mendhar to ...

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Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

Businesspeople and industrialists

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Farooq Kathwari Farooq Kathwari (born 1944) is an Indian-American businessman who is currently the CEO of Ethan Allen. Life Kathwari moved to the United States from Kashmir, India in 1965. He is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer of Ethan Al ...

(born 1944), American businessman, CEO of Ethan Allen * Haji Gokool Meah, Trinidadian and Tobagonian industrialist, philanthropist, and cinema magnate *

Jamim Shah chandra shekhar ) (1963–2010) was a Nepalese is a don of biratnagarLtd. He was the pioneer of commercial cable television network in Nepal with over 1,000 kilometres of cable network. He also had two newspapers (now closed) and a television cha ...

, Nepali businessman, known as Cable King of Nepal

Philosophers and historians

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Abhinavagupta Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1016 Common Era, CE) was a Indian philosophy, philosopher, Mysticism, mystic and Aesthetics, aesthetician from Kashmir. He was also considered an influential Music of India, musician, Indian poetry, poet, Theatre in ...

, ( ca. 950–1020), one of India's greatest philosophers, mystics and aestheticians *

Ahmad Hasan Dani Ahmad Hassan Dani (Urdu: احمد حسن دانی) FRAS, SI, HI (20 June 1920 – 26 January 2009) was a Pakistani archaeologist, historian, and linguist. He was among the foremost authorities on Central Asian and South Asian archaeology ...

(1920–2009),

intellectual An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or a ...

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archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

, historian,

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

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Anandavardhana Ānandavardhana (c. 820–890 CE) was the author of ''Dhvanyāloka'', or ''A Light on Suggestion'' (''dhvani''), a work articulating the philosophy of "aesthetic suggestion" (''dhvani'', ''vyañjanā''). The philosopher Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 10 ...

(820–890), philosopher and author of the ''Dhvanyaloka'' * Bhaskara, writer on the

Kashmir Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism or Trika Shaivism, is a nondualist tradition of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra which originated sometime after 850 CE. Since this tradition originated in Kashmir it is often called "Kashmiri Shaivism". It later went on to become a pan ...

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Bhatta Kallata Bhatta Kallata also referred as Kallata was a notable 9th-century Shaivite thinker who may have written the ''Spanda-vritti'', and ''Spanda-karika''. He was a pupil of Vasugupta, another possible author of the ''Spanda-karika''. According to ''Raj ...

, a

Shaivite Shaivism (; sa, शैवसम्प्रदायः, Śaivasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being. One of the largest Hindu denominations, it incorporates many sub-traditions rangin ...

thinker * Gopi Krishna (1903–1980), writer and mystic *

Prem Nath Bazaz Prem Nath Bazaz was a Kashmiri politician, scholar, and author born in Mattan, Kashmir. He was a secularist and a democrat. He was a Kashmiri politician who founded two political parties, Kashmir Socialist Party, and Kisan Mazdoor Conference. H ...

Kashmiri politician, scholar and author *

Jonaraja Jonaraja (died A.D. 1459) was a Kashmiri historian and Sanskrit poet. His ' is a continuation of Kalhana's ' and brings the chronicle of the kings of Kashmir down to the time of the author's patron Zain-ul-Abidin (r. 1418–1419 and 1420–1470 ...

(15th century), historian and poet *

Kalhana Kalhana ( sa, कल्हण, translit=kalhaṇa) was the author of ''Rajatarangini'' (''River of Kings''), an account of the history of Kashmir. He wrote the work in Sanskrit between 1148 and 1149. All information regarding his life has to be d ...

(12th century), historian and author of ''

Rajatarangini ''Rajatarangini'' ("The River of Kings") is a metrical legendary and historical chronicle of the north-western part of India, particularly the kings of Kashmir. It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE. The ...

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Kalidasa Kālidāsa (''fl.'' 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata and ...

(most likely 5CE) classic Sanskrit author *

Kshemaraja Rajanaka Kṣemarāja (क्षेमराज) (late 10th to early 11th century) was a philosopher and brilliant disciple of Abhinavagupta, who was a peerless master of tantra, yoga, poetics, and dramaturgy. Not much is known of Kṣemarāja's ...

(10th century), philosopher and a disciple of Abhinavagupta * Kumarajiva (4th n 5 century CE),

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

scholar in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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Lalleshwari Lalleshwari, also known locally as Lal Ded (; 1320–1392), was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. She was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called vatsun or ''Vakhs'', literally "speech" (from Sans ...

(1320–1392),

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

-poet * Prajna Bhatta (16th century), historian *

Shrivara Shrivara �rīvara(15th century) wrote a work on the history of Kashmir that adds to the previous works of Kalhana and Jonaraja Jonaraja (died A.D. 1459) was a Kashmiri historian and Sanskrit poet. His ' is a continuation of Kalhana's ' and ...

(15th century), historian *

Somananda Somananda (875–925 CE) was one of the teachers of Kashmir Shaivism, in the lineage of ''Trayambaka'', author of the first philosophical treatise of this school, ''Śivadṛṣṭi''.History of Kashmir Shaivism, B N Pandit, page 27 A contempo ...

(875–925) a teacher of

Kashmir Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism or Trika Shaivism, is a nondualist tradition of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra which originated sometime after 850 CE. Since this tradition originated in Kashmir it is often called "Kashmiri Shaivism". It later went on to become a pan ...

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Subhash Kak Subhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist and historical revisionist. He is the Regents Professor of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, an honorary visiting professor of engineering at Jawaharlal ...

(1947– ), writer, philosopher, and computer scientist *

Utpaladeva Utpaladeva (c. 900–950 CE) was an Indian philosopher and theologian from Kashmir. He belonged to the Trika Shaiva tradition and is the most important thinker of the Pratyabhijñā school of monistic idealism.Torella, Raffaele (2021), ''Utpala ...

, a teacher of Kashmir Shaivism *

Vasugupta Vasugupta (~ 800 – 850 CE) was the author of the ''Shiva Sutras'', an important text of the Advaita tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, also called ''Trika'' (sometimes called ''Trika Yoga''). Biography Little is known about Vasugupta's life, other ...

(860–925), author of the ''

Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta Shiva Sutras are a collection of seventy seven aphorisms that form the foundation of the tradition of spiritual mysticism known as Kashmir Shaivism. They are attributed to the sage Vasugupta of the 9th century C.E. Vasugupta is said to have l ...

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Abdul Ghani Lone Abdul Ghani Lone ( ; 6 May 1932 – 21 May 2002) was a Kashmiri lawyer, politician and a separatist leader. Life Lone was born in Dard Harie, Kralpora in the Kupwara District of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in British India into ...

(1932–2002), lawyer, politician and founder of the People's Conference *

Abid Hassan Minto Abid Hassan Minto also known as Abid Minto ( ur, عابد حسن منٹو) (born 3 February 1932) is a constitutional expert and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and former president of the Awami Workers Party. He is also a liter ...

Pakistani lawyer and politician *

Agha Shorish Kashmiri Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975; ) was a Pakistani scholar, writer, debater, and a leader of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam party. He was a figure of the freedom movement in the British Raj, as well as the chief editor of the weekly ''Chattan'' m ...

scholar, writer, debater, and leader of the

Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 Dece ...

, figure of the freedom movement of undivided India *

Asiya Andrabi Asiya Andrabi is a Kashmiri separatist and founding leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat . This group is part of the separatist organisation All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir valley. Government of India has declared it as a "banned organiz ...

(1963), Chief Of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Kashmiri separatist leader * Baba-e-Poonch Khansahb Col.

Khan Muhammad Khan Colonel Khan Muhammad Khan (Urdu: کرنل خان محمد خان) was a prominent Sudhan soldier and politician in Poonch, serving in the Legislative Assembly (''Praja Sabha'') of the princely state of Jammu & Kashmir until 1947. Later he se ...

, member of the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly from 1934 to 1946. Chairman War Council of Azad Jammu & Kashmir in 1947 and then member Defence Council. Founder of Sudhan Educational Conference. *

Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (1907–1972) was an Indian politician belonging to the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, who served as the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1953 to 1964. Bakshi was a member of the National Conference from i ...

(1907–1972),

Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the Lieutenant Governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests wit ...

(1953–1963) *

Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah Akbar Jehan Abdullah (1916 – 11 July 2000) was an Indian Kashmiri politician. The wife of Abdullah Sheikh, three-time Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, she twice served as a Member of India Parliament. Akbar Jehan was the daughter of Micha ...

, Politician, wife of

Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah was the founding leader of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (later rena ...

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Birbal Birbal (; born Mahesh Das; 1528 16 February 1586), or Raja Birbal, was a Saraswat Hindu Bhatt Brahmin advisor and main commander (''Mukhya Senapati'') of army in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. He is mostly known in the Indian subcon ...

also Maheshdas Bhat (1528–1586), the Grand Vizier (Wazīr-e Azam) of the Mughal court in the administration of

Emperor Akbar Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...

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Birbal Dhar Birbal Dhar was a leader in the Kashmiri people, Kashmiri resistance to Pashtun, Afghan rule in the early 19th century. He led a deputation which persuaded Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh to invade Kashmir in 1819, which effectively ended Pashtun ...

leader in the Kashmiri resistance to

Afghan Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...

rule in the early 19th century * Deepa Kaul (1944– ), former minister, social worker and human rights defender * G. M. Saroori former minister of

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

for

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

and Road and building (R&B) * G. N. Ratanpuri (1954–), Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from J&K National Conference * Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, educator, reformer, a founder of the

University of Kashmir The University of Kashmir (U-K, UoK), informally known as Kashmir University (KU), is a collegiate public state university located on the western side of Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India which was established in 194 ...

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Ghulam Mohammad Shah Ghulam Mohammad Shah or G. M. Shah or Gul Shah (20 July 1920 – 6 January 2009) was an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2 July 1984 to 6 March 1986. He succeeded his brother-in-law Farooq Ab ...

(1920–2009)),

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the Lieutenant Governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests wi ...

(1984–1986) * Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1964–1965), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1965–1971) *

Ghulam Nabi Azad Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 to 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September ...

(1949– ), former

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the Lieutenant Governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests wi ...

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Hashim Qureshi Hashim Qureshi (born October 1, 1953 in Lal Bazar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir) is a pro-Kashmiri leader and one of the founding members of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and is now the Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Democratic Liberation ...

, (1953–), Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party *

Hina Pervaiz Butt Hina Parvez Butt (; born 19 January 1982) is a Pakistani politician and a PML-N member in Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on reserved seats for women. Early life and education Butt was born on 19 January 1982 in Lahore. She received her ...

, Pakistani politician and MLA. *

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

(1917–1984),

Prime Minister of India The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...

, daughter of

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

*

Ishaq Dar Muhammad Ishaq Dar ( ur, ; born ) is Pakistani accountant and member of the Senate serving as the 42nd Finance Minister of Pakistan since September 28, 2022. Dar was declared a Proclaimed Offender in 2017 and 2022, respectively. After his ...

, Federal Minister of Pakistan *

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

(1889–1964), first Prime Minister of independent

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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Kailash Nath Katju Kailash Nath Katju (17 June 1887 – 17 February 1968) was a prominent politician of India. He was the Governor of Odisha, Orissa and West Bengal, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the Union Home Minister and the Union Defence Minister. ...

(1887–1968),

freedom fighter A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objectives ...

, lawyer, participated in INA trials, former governor,

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

of several Indian states,

cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

under Jawaharlal Nehru *

Khan of Mong Khan Muhammad Khan (Urdu: خان محمد خان) ( – June 1995) commonly known as Khan of Mong, was a Captain in the British Indian Army during the World War II. After demobilisation, he served as a rebel leader during the First Kashmir War ...

*

Khawaja Muhammad Asif Khawaja Muhammad Asif (; born 9 August 1949) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as the Defence Minister of Pakistan since April 2022, He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously, he was a ...

MNA Sailkot PML-N *

Khawaja Saad Rafique Khawaja Saad Rafique (; born 4 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018 and the current federal minister for Railways. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawa ...

Pakistani Minister of Railways *

Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922 – 19 April 1999) was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir for a brief period of time from 12 October 1963 to 29 February 1964. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1956 and re-elected in 1962, 1967 ...

(1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1963–1964) *

Khurshid Hasan Khurshid Khurshid Hasan Khurshid (born 3 January 1924 – 11 March 1988) was the Private Secretary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first Governor-General of Pakistan. He was sent by Jinnah to Jammu and Kashmir in October 1947 shortly before the tribal inv ...

, First elected President of Azad Kashmir (1924-1988) *

Mirza Afzal Beg Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg (1908–1982) was a Kashmiri politician belonging to the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He served as a minister in the pre-independence period in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, and as the revenue minist ...

(d.1982) was the first

Deputy Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

of

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

and was the

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of

All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front The All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front, or Plebiscite Front, was a political party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that called for a " popular plebiscite" to decide if the state should remain part of India, join Pakistan or become ...

. *

Maqbool Butt Maqbool Bhat also spelt Maqbool Butt (18 February 1938 – 11 February 1984) was a Kashmiri separatist leader who migrated to Pakistan-administered Kashmir and founded the militant group National Liberation Front (Jammu Kashmir), National Lib ...

(1938–1984), co-founder of the

JKLF The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is a militant separatist organization active in both the Indian-administered and Pakistani-administered territories of Kashmir. It was founded by Amanullah Khan, with Maqbool Bhat also credited as a ...

Party *

Masarat Alam Masarat Alam Bhat (born 1971) is a Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Muslim League, and also serves as the interim chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (Geelani faction), the umbrella organization of the s ...

, Separatist leader * Maulana Mazhar Ali Azhar (1895–1974) one of founders, leader of

Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 Dece ...

, political figure in the history of Sub-Continent *

Mehbooba Mufti Mehbooba may refer to *Mehbooba (1976 film), ''Mehbooba'' (1976 film), a Hindi-language film *Mehbooba (2008 film), ''Mehbooba'' (2008 film), a Hindi-language romance film *Mehbooba (2018 film), ''Mehbooba'' (2018 film), a Telugu-language film *Mehb ...

(1959– ), female politician, member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

. Mirza Mehboob Beg succeeded her and got elected to the

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

. *

Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq Mohammad Farooq Shah commonly known as Mirwaiz Moluvi Mohammad Farooq was the Mirwaiz of his time in Kashmir and chairman of the All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, a coalition of disparate political parties in Jammu and Kashmir (state) ...

(d. 1990), chairman of the Aawami Action Committee * Mirza Mehboob Beg (1949-), is a former

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

,

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

from

Anantnag Anantnag (/ə'nʌntna:g/ or /-nɑːg/ ), also called Islamabad, is the administrative headquarters of the Anantnag district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is located at a distance of ...

and has also been a

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, elected to the

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha is the legislature of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved by the Governor on 21 N ...

twice and Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council once. * Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan President and Prime minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir * Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (1915 – 2003), founder and first President of Azad Kashmir. *

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Mohammad Shafi Abbasi Qureshi (24 November 1928 – 28 August 2016) was an Indian politician and statesman from Kashmir and the founder of the Congress Party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Life He was born on 24 November 1928 in Kas ...

, (1929– ), former

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and of Madhya Pradesh, State Railway Minister *

Motilal Nehru Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929. He was a patriarch of the Nehr ...

(1861–1931),

Indian independence activist The Indian independence movement consisted of efforts by individuals and organizations from a wide spectrum of society to obtain political independence from the British, French and Portuguese rule through the use of a many methods. This is a l ...

, president of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

*

Mufti Muhammad Sayeed A Mufti (; ar, مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (''fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatwas'' played an important role ...

(1936– 2016), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002–2005) * Mohammad Yasin, British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament * Muzaffar Baig (1946– ), Deputy Chief Minister, Finance Minister, Law Minister, Tourism Minister of Jammu & Kashmir (2002–2008) *

Nasir Aslam Wani Nasir Aslam Wani (born 31 August 1964) is an Indian politician from the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and belongs to the National Conference party. He has served the State as the Minister of State for Tourism & Culture, Housing & Urb ...

, Provincial President

JKNC The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Founded as the ''All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference'' by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Ab ...

and former Home Minister of Jammu & Kashmir *

Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...

(1949– ), former

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*

Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed ( ur, , born 24 April 1957) is a former British Labour politician of Pakistani origin. He was appointed a life peer in 1998 by the Labour Government. Many of his political activities related to the Muslim commu ...

Baron Ahmed (born 24 April 1957) is a member of the

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of the

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. He was created a life peer on the recommendation of Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998.

Neel Kashkari Neel Tushar Kashkari

(1973- ), American banker and politician *

Omar Abdullah Omar Abdullah (; born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, after forming a governme ...

(1970– ), former Chief Minister Jammu And Kashmir, member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

, son of Farooq Abdullah * Peer Mohammed Hussain (1941- ), former Minister of State Jammu and Kashmir and founding member of

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of , ...

. * Qurban Hussain (born 27 March 1956 in Kotli, Azad Kashmir) is a British–Pakistani Liberal Democrat politician and life peer. *

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...

(1944–1991), Prime Minister of India, son of Indira Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru *

Ram Chandra Kak Ram Chandra Kak (5 June 1893 – 10 February 1983) was the prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945–1947. One of the very few Kashmiri Pandits to ever hold that post, Kak had the intractable job of navigating the troubled wate ...

(1893–1983), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945–47 and an

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

*

Sadiq Ali Sadiq Ali (2 May 1952 – 18 April 2011) was a senior politician of Kashmir, India, a noted poet and writer and an active environmentalist. He was an elected legislator in the Kashmir State Assembly for three consecutive terms. Mr Sadiq Al ...

(1952– ), politician, poet, writer, and environmentalist * Saif-ud-din Soz (1937– ), long-time member of the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...

, former Union Minister of Environment & Forests, former Minister of Water Resources, President JKPCC *

Saifuddin Kitchlew Saifuddin Kitchlew (15 January 1888 – 9 October 1963) was an Indian independence activist, barrister, politician and later a leader of the peace movement. A member of Indian National Congress, he first became Punjab Provincial Congress Comm ...

(1888–1963), freedom fighter and politician *

Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan is a Pakistani-Kashmiri politician who served as the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir twice, from 24 July 2006 to 6 January 2009 and from 29 July 2010 to 26 July 2011. He also presides over the All Jammu and Ka ...

President and Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir * Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan, Politician *

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (22 April 1915 – 31 July 2003) was the key instigator of the 1947 Poonch Rebellion in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in British India and the later establishment of Azad Kashmir under Pakistani admini ...

, Politician, Freedom Fighter and Former President of

Azad Jammu & Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

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Shabana Mahmood Shabana Mahmood ( ur, شبانہ محمود; born 17 September 1980) is a British Labour Party politician and barrister serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2011 She has served in the ...

, British Labour Party politician and barrister. Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham. *

Shabir Shah Shabir Ahmad Shah popularly known as Shabir Shah (born 14 June 1953), in Kadipora, Anantnag, Kashmir is the founder and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP), one of the main separatist political organizations ...

(1953– ), Founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party. Known as Nelson Mandela of Indian Administered Kashmir *

Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad ( ur, ; born 6 November 1950) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 38th Interior Minister of Pakistan from 2020 to 2022. He is famous because of his smoking cigars and Laal Haveli. He is the founder and leader of A ...

Ex Federal Information Minister Pakistan *

Shehbaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: , ; born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since 11 April 2022. He is the current president of ...

,

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Paki ...

. *

Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah was the founding leader of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (later rena ...

(1905–1982),

Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the Lieutenant Governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests wit ...

(1948–1953), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1975–1977, 1977–1982) *

Sheila Kaul Sheila Kaul (7 February 1915 – 13 June 2015) was a social democratic leader of the Indian National Congress, a politician, cabinet minister and governor, and the oldest living former member of parliament in India at the time of her death. S ...

(1915– ), former Indian governor and cabinet minister, social reformer, and educationist *

Sher Ahmed Khan Colonel Sher Ahmed Khan (1902 at Pallandri, Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir - 1972) (Now in Sudhnuti, Azad Kashmir), was one of the guerrilla commanders of the Azad Kashmir Movement and also served as the President of Azad Kashmir. He was know ...

, Guerrilla fighter and also served as the President of

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

*

Syed Ali Shah Geelani Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929–2021) was an Islamist, pro-Pakistan, Sumantra BoseSyed Ali Shah Geelani: The man who fought for Kashmir’s freedom BBC News, 2 September 2021. "First, he made it clear that although a proud Kashmiri, he consider ...

(1929– ) Member Jamait-e-Islami, Founder and Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat J&K, Chairman

All Parties Hurriyat Conference All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) is an alliance of 26 political, social and religious organizations formed on 9 March 1993, as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri separatism in the Kashmir conflict. Mehmood Ahmed Sagh ...

*

Syed Mir Qasim Syed Mir Qasim (1921 - 12 December 2004) was the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1971 to 1975. Syed Mir Qasim's political career first began during the British Raj, when he became a leader of the non-sectarian, pro-democracy Quit Kash ...

, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1971–1975) *

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ('' née'' Swarup Nehru; 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the 6th Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 to 1964 and 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 19 ...

(1900–1990) Indian diplomat and politician. Sister of

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

*

Zarah Sultana Zarah Sultana (born 31 October 1993) is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry South since the 2019 general election. A supporter of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, she is on the left w ...

British Labour Party politician who and the Member of Parliament

Royalty

* Avantivarman, King of Kashmir *

Didda Didda (1003 CE), also known as ''The Catherine of Kashmir'' was the ruler of Kashmir from 980 CE to 1003 CE. She first acted as regent for her son and various grandsons from 958 CE to 980 CE, and from 980 CE as sole ruler and monarch. Most knowled ...

, Ruler of Kashmir * Durlabhaka-Pratapaditya II * Durlabhavardhana, founder of

Karkota dynasty The Karkota Dynasty (c. 625 − 855 CE) ruled over the Kashmir valley and some northern parts of the Indian subcontinent during 7th and 8th centuries. Their rule saw a period of political expansion, economic prosperity and emergence of Kashmir ...

*

Lalitaditya Muktapida Lalitaditya alias Muktapida (IAST: Lalitāditya Muktāpīḍa; r. c. 724 CE–760 CE) was a powerful ruler of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir region in the Indian subcontinent. The 12th-century chronicler Kalhana characterizes Lalitaditya as a ...

, emperor of

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

(724–760) *

Sankaravarman Sankaravarman was an Chamar king of the Utpala dynasty Utpala dynasty was a Kashmiri dynasty which ruled over the Kashmir region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent from 8th to 10th century CE. The kingdom was established by Avan ...

, King of Kashmir

Saints, mystics and philosophers

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Kashyapa Kashyapa ( sa, कश्यप}, ) is a revered Vedas, Vedic Sage (philosophy), sage of Hinduism., Quote: "Kasyapa (Rudra),(Vedic Seer)..." He is one of the Saptarishis, the seven ancient sages of the ''Rigveda''. Kashyapa is the most ancien ...

*

Baba Shadi Shaheed Hazrat Sheikh Baba Shadi Shaheed (RehmatUllahaleh) also known as Raja Shadab Khan (former name Maharaja DharamChand Chib) was a Sufi saint. He was the first Chibhal, Chib Rajput who married a Mughal Princess during the reign of Babur. He was ...

, a Sufi Saint and first Chib Rajput convert to Islam * Bhagwan Gopinath (1898–1968), a mystic and saint *

Bhatta Kallata Bhatta Kallata also referred as Kallata was a notable 9th-century Shaivite thinker who may have written the ''Spanda-vritti'', and ''Spanda-karika''. He was a pupil of Vasugupta, another possible author of the ''Spanda-karika''. According to ''Raj ...

Shaivite scholar *

Hamza Makhdoom Hamza Makhdoom, popularly known as Makhdoom Sahib (c. 1494 – c. 1576), was a Sufi mystic living in Kashmir. He is sometimes referred to as Mehboob-ul-Alam (literally, "beloved of the world") and Sultan-ul-Aarifeen (literally, "king among tho ...

(c. 1494 – c. 1576), popularly known as Makhdoom Sahib, a Kashmiri Sufi mystic, scholar and spiritual teacher *

Lal Ded Lalleshwari, also known locally as Lal Ded (; 1320–1392), was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. She was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called vatsun or ''Vakhs'', literally "speech" (from Sans ...

(1320–1392), a

Shaivite Shaivism (; sa, शैवसम्प्रदायः, Śaivasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being. One of the largest Hindu denominations, it incorporates many sub-traditions rangin ...

saint *

Mian Muhammad Bakhsh Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh (میاں محمد بخش) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi and poet. Born in the city of Mirpur to a Gujjar family of Paswal tribe, he is renowned as a great poet and Sufi scholar by the people of Punjab and Azad Kashmir. Writ ...

(1830–1907), kashmiri Gujjar a Sufi saint and poet * Rupa Bhawani (ca. 1620 – ca. 1720), a mystic from the Saahib clan of

Kashmiri Pandits The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha-Gauda, Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, a mountai ...

*

Somananda Somananda (875–925 CE) was one of the teachers of Kashmir Shaivism, in the lineage of ''Trayambaka'', author of the first philosophical treatise of this school, ''Śivadṛṣṭi''.History of Kashmir Shaivism, B N Pandit, page 27 A contempo ...

Shaivite non dualism mystic *

Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali Nund Rishi ( c. 1377 – c. 1438 AD; sometimes spelled Nund Reshi), also known as Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani, Sheikh-Ul-Alam (spritual guide of the world) and by the title Alamdar-e-Kashmir ("Flag Bearer of Kashmir"), was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, ...

(1377–1440), a saint who belonged to the

Rishi ''Rishi'' () is a term for an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mentions in various Vedic texts. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the Vedas. The Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "great yogis" or ...

order * Swami Lakshman Joo (1907–1991), a scholar of

Kashmir Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism or Trika Shaivism, is a nondualist tradition of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra which originated sometime after 850 CE. Since this tradition originated in Kashmir it is often called "Kashmiri Shaivism". It later went on to become a pan ...

Scholars and educationists

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Ahmad Hasan Dani Ahmad Hassan Dani (Urdu: احمد حسن دانی) FRAS, SI, HI (20 June 1920 – 26 January 2009) was a Pakistani archaeologist, historian, and linguist. He was among the foremost authorities on Central Asian and South Asian archaeology ...

(1920–2009), Pakistani

intellectual An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or a ...

,

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

, historian, and prolific

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

* Aga Syed Yousuf, (1904-1982) was a Kashmiri religious scholar and leader of Shia Muslims. He founded the influential Anjuman-e-Sharie organization. *

Balajinnatha Pandita Baljinath Pandit (1916–2007) was a Sanskrit scholar and authority on Kashmir Shaivism. He obtained his Ph.D. at Punjab University and was professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh University ( ...

(1916–2007),

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

scholar, expert on

Kashmir Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism or Trika Shaivism, is a nondualist tradition of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra which originated sometime after 850 CE. Since this tradition originated in Kashmir it is often called "Kashmiri Shaivism". It later went on to become a pan ...

*

Braj Kachru Braj Bihari Kachru (15 May 1932 – 29 July 2016) was an Indian-American linguist. He was Jubilee Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He published studies on the Kashmiri language. Personal life Braj ...

(1932– ), researcher in English

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

*

Charaka Charaka was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in Ancient India. He is known as an editor of the medical treatise entitled ''Charaka Samhita'', one of the foundational texts of classical ...

medicinal science scholar * Hakeem Ali Mohammad (1906–1987), Unani Medicine scholar, physician expert on Unani Medicine *

Ismat Beg Ismat Beg, FPAS, FIMA, ( ur, عصمت بیگ; born January 1951) is a Pakistani mathematician and researcher. Beg is a senior Full Professor at the Lahore School of Economics, Higher Education Commission Distinguished National Professorhttp:// ...

mathematician, known for his work on

Multiple-criteria decision analysis Multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) or multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a sub-discipline of operations research that explicitly evaluates multiple conflicting criteria in decision making (both in daily life and in settings ...

, and

fixed point (mathematics) A fixed point (sometimes shortened to fixpoint, also known as an invariant point) is a value that does not change under a given transformation. Specifically, in mathematics, a fixed point of a function is an element that is mapped to itself by th ...

. *

Jaishree Odin Jaishree Odin is a literary scholar who is the director and a professor of the Program of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Hawaii. Her research relates to cultural studies of science and technology, literary and political ecology, ec ...

,

post-modern Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of moderni ...

literary theorist Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Culler 1997, p.1 Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, mora ...

, professor of

Interdisciplinary Studies Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...

at the

University of Hawaii A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

*

Kailas Nath Kaul Kailas Nath Kaul (1905–1983) was an Indian botanist, naturalist, agricultural scientist, horticulturist, herbalist, plant collector and herpetologist, and a world authority on Arecaceae. He founded India's National Botanical Research Institut ...

(1905–1983),

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

,

agricultural scientist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the U ...

,

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the ...

, and

educationist Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Var ...

* Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah. * Nazir Ahmad Qasmi (1 June 1965 ), Grand Mufti of the

Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah ( ur, دار العلوم رحیمیہ) is an Islamic seminary in Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. It was established in 1979 by Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi, an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. It is regarded as the biggest Isl ...

in Kashmir. * Omkar N. Koul (1941– ), researcher in

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

,

language education Language education – the process and practice of teaching a second or foreign language – is primarily a branch of applied linguistics, but can be an interdisciplinary field. There are four main learning categories for language education: ...

, communication, and

comparative literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

*

Patañjali Patanjali ( sa, पतञ्जलि, Patañjali), also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra, was a Hinduism, Hindu author, mystic and philosopher. Very little is known about him, and while no one knows exactly when he lived; from analysis of his ...

, compiler of the Yoga Sūtras, a collection of aphorisms on Yoga practice *

Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (born 22 July 1957) is a Kashmiri Islamic scholar, founder and rector of Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah, one of the largest Islamic seminaries in Kashmir. He is a senior member of the managing committee of Darul Uloom Deoband, foun ...

, Islamic scholar and founder of

Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah ( ur, دار العلوم رحیمیہ) is an Islamic seminary in Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. It was established in 1979 by Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi, an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. It is regarded as the biggest Isl ...

* Ravinder Kumar (1933–2001), historian *

Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Wes ...

- Fiction writer and academic * Samsar Chand Kaul (1883-1977), teacher, author and

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

of Kashmir *

Sushruta Sushruta, or ''Suśruta'' (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, IAST: , ) was an ancient Indian physician. The ''Sushruta Samhita'' (''Sushruta's Compendium''), a treatise ascribed to him, is one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on ...

medical science * Vatesvara scholar of trigonometry *

Vijay Vaishnavi Vijay K. Vaishnavi is a noted researcher and scholar in the computer information systems field with contributions mainly in the areas of design science research, software engineering, and data structures & algorithms, authoring over 150 publica ...

- Researcher and scholar in the

computer information systems An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people ...

field

Separatist leaders and militants

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Afzal Guru Mohammad Afzal Guru (June 1969 – 9 February 2013) was a Kashmiri separatist, who was convicted for his role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. He received a death sentence for his involvement, which was upheld by the Indian Supreme Co ...

, convict in 2001 Delhi parliament attack *

Ashfaq Majeed Wani Ashfaq Majeed Wani (5 September 1966 – 30 March 1990) was the first Commander in Chief of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, a militant Kashmiri-separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was killed by Indian Paramilitary Forces in 19 ...

*

Ashiq Hussain Faktoo Qasim Faktoo (also known as Mohammad Qasim) is a Kashmiri separatist and militant, serving life imprisonment for the murder of Hriday Nath Wanchoo. He had been among the earliest cadres of Hizbul Mujahideen. Personal life Faktoo graduated i ...

, Pro-Pakistan militant leader *

Ashraf Sehrai Mohammad Ashraf Khan (23 March 19445 May 2021), chiefly known as Ashraf Sehrai or just as Sehrai, was a Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, a Kashmiri separatist political party. He was elected chairman through a fi ...

Former Chairman of Hurrirat Conference *

Asiya Andrabi Asiya Andrabi is a Kashmiri separatist and founding leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat . This group is part of the separatist organisation All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir valley. Government of India has declared it as a "banned organiz ...

*

Burhan Wani Burhan Wani (19 September 1994 – 8 July 2016) was a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist militant organization and insurgent group of the Kashmir conflict. He had become a popular figure amongst the local Kashmiri populace, having do ...

, former commander and militant of Hizbul Mujahideen * Farooq Ahmed Dar, former militant and current chairman of

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is a militant separatist organization active in both the Indian-administered and Pakistani-administered territories of Kashmir. It was founded by Amanullah Khan, with Maqbool Bhat also credited as a co- ...

*

Masarat Alam Masarat Alam Bhat (born 1971) is a Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Muslim League, and also serves as the interim chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (Geelani faction), the umbrella organization of the s ...

* Mirwaiz Umar Farooq * Mohammad Abbas Ansari, a

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

i separatist, ex-chairman of the

All Parties Hurriyat Conference All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) is an alliance of 26 political, social and religious organizations formed on 9 March 1993, as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri separatism in the Kashmir conflict. Mehmood Ahmed Sagh ...

* Muhammad Ahsan Dar, founder and ex Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen *

Syed Ali Shah Geelani Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929–2021) was an Islamist, pro-Pakistan, Sumantra BoseSyed Ali Shah Geelani: The man who fought for Kashmir’s freedom BBC News, 2 September 2021. "First, he made it clear that although a proud Kashmiri, he consider ...

* Sayeed Salahudeen, the head of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, pro-Pakistan Kashmiri separatist militant organisation operating in Kashmir. * Yasin Malik, president of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front * Zakir Rashid Bhat, commander of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind

Sportspeople

* Abid Nabi, (1985- ), once regarded as fastest bowler in India * Amjad Khan (American cricketer), Amjad Khan, (21 August 1966) Kashmiri-born-American former cricketer. * Aadil Manzoor Peer, International ice stock sport Athlete. * Adil Rashid, English Cricketer * Adil Nabi, Footballer * Afaq Raheem, a first-class cricketer * Aleem Dar, International cricket Umpire * Amad Butt, Pakistani Cricketer * Asif Dar, boxer * Awais Zia, Pakistani Cricketer. * Haroon Rasheed Dar (1953– ), former Pakistani cricketer. * Imran Arif Pakistani-born English first-class cricketer * Imtiaz Abbasi Pakistani born Emirati international cricketer * Iqra Rasool (2000-), cricketer * Mehrajuddin Wadoo (1984– ), member of the India national football team and East Bengal FC * Moeen Ali English Cricketer * Munir Dar (field hockey), Munir Dar, Member of Pakistan National hockey Team * Nauman Anwar Pakistani Cricketer * Nida Dar, Pakistani cricketer * Parvez Rasool (1989 -) first Kashmiri cricketer to play for India National Cricket team * Salman Butt former Pakistan test captain * Sana Mir (1986– ), female Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan women's team * Sikandar Raza Pakistani-Zimbabwean Cricketer * Suresh Raina, cricketer * Tabarak Dar Pakistani-born cricketer who played for Hong Kong * The Great Gama, wrestler * Umran Malik Indian cricketer * Usman Khawaja, Pakistani-Australian cricketer * Usama Mir Pakistani cricketer * Vivek Razdan (1967– ), member of the Indian Cricket Team

Visual and performing artists

* Aamir Bashir, actor * Abhay Sopori, Santoor player, composer & musician * Abid Kashmiri, actor * Aditya Dhar, director * Ahad Raza Mir, Pakistani actor * Ali Azmat, Musician * Alia Bhatt, actress, singer, producer & entrepreneur * Alla Rakha, actor * Angira Dhar, actress * Anupam Kher, actor * Anwar Shemza (1928–1985) artist and writer in Pakistan, later in UK. Published Urdu novels, poetry and plays * Asrar (musician), singer-songwriter * Asif Raza Mir, Pakistani actor * Bansi Kaul, theater director * Bhajan Sopori, Santoor player * D.K. Sapru (1916–1979), actor * Emmad Irfani, model/actor * Farhan Saeed, actor * Ghulam Hassan Sofi (1932–2009) singer and harmonium player * Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, proponent of Kashmiri SufiMusic * Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, singer and composer * Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929–1997), painter * Hina Khan, television & film actress * Ilyas Kashmiri (actor), Ilyas Kashmiri, actor * Iqbal Kashmiri, film director * Katrina Kaif actress * Kshmr Indian American DJ with Kashmiri ethnicity * Khalid Abbas Dar, artist * Khawaja Khurshid Anwar (1912–1984) filmmaker, writer, director and composer * Kiran Kumar, actor * Kunal Khemu, actor * Leenesh Mattoo, actor * Malika Pukhraj (1912–2004), highly popular Ghazal and folk singer in Pakistan * Mani Kaul (1950–2011), Film Maker * Manohar Kaul, painter * MC Kash Kashmiri hip hop artist * Mekaal Hasan, Pakistani musician and record producer, leader and composer for Mekaal Hasan Band * Mir Sarwar, Bollywood actor * Mohit Raina, actor * Mohit Suri, film director * Mudasir Rehman Dar, sketch artist * Muhammad Younis Butt Pakistani screenwriter * Muneeb Butt, Pakistani actor * Mushtaq Kak (1961– ), theatre director * Neerja Pandit, singer, Kashmiri Folk Music, Hindi Film & Television Music * Jeevan (actor), Omkar Nath Dhar (Jeevan), actor * Osman Khalid Butt, actor * Pran Kishore, Kashmiri drama writer * Priya Raina, actor, singer, voice artist * Priti Sapru, actor * Pushkar Bhan, Padamashree, a radio actor & drama writer * Qazi Touqeer (1985– ), singer in Kashmiri and Hindi languages * Raj Begum, singer * Raj Zutshi, Bollywood & TV Actor * Ratan Parimoo (1936– ), art historian and painter * Reyhna Malhotra, actress * Samina Peerzada, Pakistani television and film actress, director * Sandeepa Dhar, actor * Sanjay Suri, actor * Śārṅgadeva 13th century, Musicologist, also known as Father of Indian Music * Shaheer Sheikh, actor from Bhaderwah, Doda District of J&K * Soni Razdan TV actor and director * Shadi Lal Koul (1954–2020), Kashmiri actor * Zayn Malik British musician.

Journalists

* Aamir Peerzada, award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. * Aarti Tikoo Singh, assistant editor in The Times of India, conflict and international affairs writer and former reporter * Altaf Qadri, Photojournalist working with the Associated Press * Gharida Farooqi, television host and anchorperson. * Hamid Mir, award-winning journalist, columnist and an author. * Kamran Yousuf, Freelance Kashmiri photojournalist * Moeed Pirzada, Kashmiri-British political commentator, geostrategic analyst and television news journalist. * Nidhi Razdan, award-winning television journalist. * Qazi Shibli, journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat. * Masrat Zahra, freelance Kashmiri photojournalist. *

Rahul Pandita Rahul Pandita () is an Indian author and journalist. Early life Rahul Pandita is a Kashmiri Pandit born in the Kashmir Valley. In 1990, at the age of 14, he had to leave the Valley along with his family as part of the Exodus of Kashmiri Pand ...

, Kashmiri author and journalist. * Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of Kashmir Observer. * Shujaat Bukhari (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018),veteran Kashmiri journalist and the founding editor of Rising Kashmir * Yusuf Jameel Veteran Kashmiri journalist known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict.

References

{{reflist Kashmiri people, * People from Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir-related lists, People Kashmir Lists of people by ethnicity, Kashmiri

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