Biography of mirwaiz molvi farooq
Biography of mirwaiz molvi farooq
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Mohammad Farooq Shah
Moulvi Mohammad Farooq | |
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| In office 1968 – 21 May 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah |
| Succeeded by | Mirwaiz Umar Farooq |
| Title | Mirwaiz-i-Kashmir |
| Died | 21 May 1990 |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Mazar-e-Shuhada (martyr's graveyard), Eidgah Srinagar |
| Children | 2, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq |
| Religion | Islam |
Mohammad Farooq Shah commonly known as Mirwaiz Moluvi Mohammad Farooq was the Mirwaiz of his time in Kashmir—north of India— and chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, a coalition of disparate political parties in Jammu and Kashmir that sought resolution of the Kashmir conflict.[1][2]
Shah was assassinated on 21 May 1990 by gunmen at his residence at Nageen, Srinagar.
His funeral procession , witnessed the bloodshed (known as Hawal massacre) near the Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar, wherein 72 people, including four women, were