All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
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Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
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| Abbreviation | JKNC |
| Chairperson | Farooq Abdullah (1981–2002 & 2009-till present) |
| Founded | 15 October 1932 |
| Merger of | All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front |
| Split from | All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference |
| Headquarters | Nawa-e-sueb Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Student wing | National Conference Students Union |
| Youth wing | Youth National Conference |
| Ideology | Moderate separatism Pro-India Re-unification of Kashmir |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
1 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
0 / 245
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| www.jknc.in | |
The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a state political party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation renamed itself to "National Conference" in 1939 in order to represent all the people of the state. It supported the accession of the princely state to India in 1947. Prior to that, in 1941, a group led by Ghulam Abbas broke off from the National Conference and revived the old Muslim Conference. The revived Muslim Conference supported the accession of the princely state to Pakistan and led the movement for Azad Kashmir.
Since 1947, the National Conference was in power in Jammu and Kashmir in one form or another till 2002, and again between 2009–2015. It implemented land reforms in the state, ensured the state's autonomy under the Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, and formulated a separate Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir in 1957. Sheikh Abdullah's son Farooq Abdullah (1981–2002, 2009–present) and grandson Omar Abdullah (2002–2009) have led the party after Sheikh Abdullah's death.
In October 1932, Sheikh Abdullah founded the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, in collaboration with Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas. On 11 June 1939 it was renamed as the All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. The National Conference was affiliated to the All India States Peoples Conference. Sheikh Abdullah was elected its president in 1947. In 1946, the National Conference launched an intensive agitation against the state government. It was directed against the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir Hari Singh. The slogan of the agitation was "Quit Kashmir".
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