Shabir Shah
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14 June 1953 (age 64) Srinagar |
| Occupation | Indian politician |
Shabir Ahmad Shah, popularly known as Shabir Shah, (born 14 June 1953, in Kadipora, Anantnag, Kashmir) is the founder and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP), one of the main separatist political organizations seeking "right of self-determination" to Jammu and Kashmir.
Born in a middle class business family of South Kashmir’s Kadipora town in district Anantnag on June 14, 1953, Shabir Ahmad Shah did his early schooling at Government Middle School, Sarnal, Anantnag and passed higher secondary examination from M.I. Higher Secondary School, Anantnag but could not continue his studies due to affiliation with various students’ leagues for which was jailed at very early age.
Shah’s father Ghulam Mohammad Shah, who was a Block Development Officer who died in police custody in 1989 after being repeatedly harassed by security agencies following Shabir Shah’s political affiliations.
Shah’s political career began in 1968 when at the age of 14, he led a demonstration against Indian government in Kashmir following which he was arrested and was kept in police lockup for three months. Soon Shabir Shah and his colleagues formed the Young Men’s League. He along with the league activists were arrested time and again which affected Shah’s education. During his confinement in Central Jail Srinagar, Shah met several resistance leaders including Nazir Ahmad Wani (Al-Fateh), Abdul Majid Pathan (Youth League), Altaf Khan alias Azam Inquilabi (Students Islamic Organization) and other leaders like Ghulam Qadir Hagroo with whom he discussed future plans for fighting for the right to self-determination. While Shabir Shah was still in jail, his associates Nazir Ahmad Wani, S. Hamid, Fazal Haq Qureshi, Abdul Majid Pathan and others formed the Jammu and Kashmir People’s League on October 3, 1974, with Nazir Ahmad Wani as its Chairman and Abdul Majid its General Secretary. This newly formed organization tool strong exception to the Indra-Abdullah Accord (1975) and organized rallies throughout the State. Formation of Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party
Shabir Shah was jailed for the first time in 1968, when he was aged 14, for organizing and leading a student demonstration to press the demand for the right of self-determination for the people of Kashmir. He was arrested and jailed for 3 months and 15 days in Srinagar’s Central Jail, thus began his jail journey and has been in and out of jail and under house arrest ever since. Immediately after his release, he resumed his political activities by forming Young Men’s League along with his colleagues for which he was arrested at Anantnag and was detained for 8 months in Srinagar’s Central Jail. After he was released, he was arrested again in 1971 on the allegation of being a core pro-Pakistan activist and was detained without any trial in the district police lines at Anantnag for 7 months.
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