Farooq Abdullah
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Dr. Farooq Abdullah (born October 21, 1936, Soura, Kashmir), the son of Sheikh Abdullah, is a doctor of medicine and has served as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions.
Farooq Abdullah studied at the C.M.S Tyndale Biscoe Memorial Schoolin Shiekhbagh (Lal Chowk), Srinagar.
Farooq Abdullah has been for autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir within the constitution of India and formalising the Line of Control (LoC) as the international border.
Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of National Conference in Srinagar on August 21, 1981. His prime qualification was that he was the son and heir of the nationalist Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah.
In 1984 DR Farooq Abdullah was dismissed and replaced with a pro-Congress government under GM Shah.
He forged an intricate alliance with the Congress and returned as interim chief minister in 1987. Though charges of corruption and cronyism were rampant against him, he returned to power in 1987 in elections which were rumoured to be rigged.
The scandal over these elections was believed to contribute to the fact that 1989 saw an uprising in the state against the leadership and paramilitary and military forces were deployed to control the dangerously escalating violence.
Farooq Abdullah resigned and President's Rule was imposed on the state. In September 1996, Abdullah returned to power when fresh assembly elections were held. These elections had a turnout of around 1 percent. He allied with the BJP led government in the centre and his son and political heir, Omar Abdullah held a position in the Indian Cabinet.
In 2002, Farooq's government was trounced in the polls by an INC-PDP alliance led by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, which subsequently formed the government. The National Conference continued to be the largest party in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly.
He still remains semi active in politics after handing over the reins of his party to his son and has stated on a number of occasions that his ultimate goal is to be the president of India
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