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[2] [3] The Front called for a plebiscite or referendum to be held under the auspices of the United Nations, to decide the issue of sovereignty over Jammu and Kashmir. [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] Sheikh Abdullah's demand for a plebiscite led to the boycotting of state elections in the 1960s by large numbers of the state's population. [ 3 ]
The Plebiscite Front in Azad Kashmir, [1] [2] also called Mahaz-i-Raishumari, [3] was founded by Amanullah Khan in collaboration with Abdul Khaliq Ansari and Maqbool Bhat in 1965. The organisation had an unofficial armed wing called National Liberation Front , which carried out sabotage activities in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the hijacking ...
Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg [a] (3 February 1929 – 11 June 1982) was a Kashmiri politician who served as the first deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1975 to 1977 and was a member of Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1952.
Subsequently, in April 1965, the Kashmir Independence Committee was merged into the Azad Kashmir Plebiscite Front. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Jammu Kashmir National Liberation Front (NLF) was an offshoot of the Plebiscite Front, established by Khan and Maqbool Bhat around August 1965 for carrying out armed insurgency in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Malik was actively engaged in the Kashmir Freedom Movement from his school days and joined the Plebiscite Front after 1953. He was imprisoned multiple times for his role in political activities. He was one of the members transitioning the Plebiscite Front into the National Conference, where he became one of the prominent figures in the party. [2]
A plebiscite was to be held in all regions and the state partitioned on the basis of the results. [201] [204] [205] September 1953 (): Following reports of a US-Pakistan alliance, Nehru warned Pakistan that it had to choose between winning Kashmir through plebiscite and forming a military alliance with the United States. [206] [207]
The Jana Sangh contested all 31 seats of Jammu and several seats in the Valley. The Plebiscite Front officially boycotted the election, but several members contested as independent candidates, including the General Secretary Ali Mohammad Naik, who contested from Tral, and Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, contesting from Habbakadal in Srinagar. The Awami ...
They returned to Azad Kashmir in January 1969, creating a sensation in the militant circles. Their standing increased within the community, forcing the Plebiscite Front to abandon its opposition. However, the NLF's failed operations in Jammu and Kashmir put at risk all its sympathisers in the state, many of whom were arrested. [14] [15] [16]