Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq

Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq (1912 – 1971) was an Indian politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1964 to 1965, when the position was renamed to Chief Minister.[1] He continued as the Chief Minister till his death in 1971.[2][3]

Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq
1st Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office 30 March 1965 – 21 February 1967
In office 21 February 1967 – 12 December 1971
Preceded by	Himself as a Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Succeeded by	Syed Mir Qasim
4th Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office 29 February 1964 – 30 March 1965
President	Karan Singh
Preceded by	Khwaja Shamsuddin
Succeeded by	Himself as a Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Personal details
Political party	National Conference, Indian National Congress
Education	Islamia College, Lahore and Aligarh Muslim University

Education and career

He was a graduate of Islamia College in Lahore and Aligarh Muslim University.[4] He served in Sheikh Abdullah’s first cabinet from 1947 to 1953. [5] and was the leader of the National Conference party from 1957 to 1961 after which he joined the Indian National Congress. He was elected the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 1964. He became the first chief minister of the state in 1965, when the J&K Constitution was amended (Sixth Constitution of J&K Amendment Act, 1965) by the then Congress government, and the position of Prime Minister was replace with Chief Minister. [6]

He died in office following a heart attack on December 12, 1971. [7]

References

1. Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir 2012, p. 193.
2. Bose, Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace 2003, p. 87.
3. Gauhar, G. N. (1997), Abdul Ahad Azad, Sahitya Akademi, pp. 60–, ISBN 978-81-260-0322-8
4. "Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, 59, Kashmir Chief Minister, Dies". New York Times. 13 December 1971.
5. "My faith in India still strong: Kin of last J&K PM". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
6. "Explained: When Jammu & Kashmir had its own Prime Minister and Sadr-e-Riyasat". The Indian Express. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
7. Service, Tribune News. "Third JK CM to die in harness". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

Bibliography

• Bose, Sumantra (2003), Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-01173-2
• Das Gupta, Jyoti Bhusan (2012), Jammu and Kashmir, Springer, ISBN 978-94-011-9231-6