Burhan Muzaffar Wani
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| Born | 1994 Dadasara, Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Died | 8 July 2016 (aged 21 or 22) Bumdoora, Kokernag, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Buried at | Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Allegiance | Hizbul Mujahideen (2011–2016) |
| Activity years | 2010–2016 |
| Rank | Commander |
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Burhan Muzaffar Wani, also known as Burhan Wani, was a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, a Kashmir-based militant outfit. He was popular among the Kashmiris due to his activity on social media where he advocated against Indian rule in Kashmir. He was killed in an encounter with the Indian security forces on 8 July 2016.
Widespread protests erupted in the Kashmir valley after his death, causing 2016 unrest in valley for nearly half a year. in which more than 90 people died while over 15,000 civilians and more than 4,000 security personnel were injured. The violence which erupted after his death was described as the worst unrest in the region since the 2010 Kashmir unrest, with Kashmir being placed under 53 consecutive days of curfews imposed by Indian authorities that was lifted from all parts of the region on 31 August 2016.
Burhan was born in Dadsara village of Tral area of Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir to Muzaffar Ahmad Wani, a principal of a higher secondary school and Maimoona Muzaffar, a postgraduate of science who teaches the Quran in her village. He had 4 siblings, including his elder brother Khalid Muzaffar Wani, sister Iram Muzaffar and 2 younger brothers, one of whom is Naveed Alam.
Burhan fled from his home on 16 October 2010 and became a militant at the age of 15. He had reportedly decided to join the militancy due to an incident in which security personnel beat him up, along with his friend and Khalid, according to his father and his friend who claimed to have been accompanying him when the incident occurred. He joined Hizbul Mujahideen in 2011, and was popular on social media.
Khalid was killed by the Indian Army on 13 April 2015 when he had gone along with three friends to meet his brother. The army claimed that Khalid was a militant sympathizer who had taken his friends to get them recruited and was killed in an encounter by the security forces. The three friends of Khalid were arrested by the army. The Jammu & Kashmir police couldn't confirm or deny whether he and his friends had joined militancy. His father and residents of his home village rejected that he was a militant, claiming that his body didn't bear any bullet wounds and he was tortured because he was the brother of a militant.
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