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Amanullah Khan

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Amanullah Khan (24 August 1934 – 26 April 2016) was the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a Kashmiri militant activist group that advocates independence for the entire Kashmir region. Khan's JKLF initiated the ongoing armed insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir with backing from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which lasted until Pakistan dropped its support of nationalist Kashmiri separatists in favour of pro-Pakistan Islamist groups, such as the Hizbul Mujahideen. In 1994, the JKLF in the Kashmir Valley, under the leadership of Yasin Malik, renounced militancy in favour of a political struggle. Amanullah Khan disagreed with the strategy, causing a split in the JKLF. Early life Amanullah Khan was born on 24 August 1934 in the hamlet of Pari Shang in the Astore District of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (present day Gilgit-Baltistan). His father, Jumma Khan died when he was three years old. Khan was relocated to Kupwara in the Kashmir Valley to live with his brother-in-law Hashmat Ali Khan. He went to primary school locally and secondary school in Handwara. Khan completed the matriculation exam in 1950, where he is said to have scored the highest marks among Muslim students. He subsequently received an admission to the Sri Pratap College in Srinagar with the help of National Conference leader Maulana Masoodi, who also provided him space to stay at the Mujahid Manzil, the National Conference headquarters. Afterwards, he joined the Amar Singh College. In 1947, the state of Jammu and Kashmir came to be divided between India and Pakistan, with the Kashmir Valley being under Indian control and Khan's native place of Astore being under Pakistani control. Khan was a staunch supporter of Pakistan and became active in student politics. His anti-India protests came under the scanner of the Sheikh Abdullah administration in the Valley and a series of FIRs were registered. Eventually, when Khan held a protest after the assassination of Pakistani prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, he was served a deportation order. He drove to Jammu and from there crossed into Sialkot in January 1952.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Amanullah Khan: King and Emir of Afghanistan (1892-1960) · Umpire (1933-2005) · Herat renegade · Bangladeshi politician

Overview

Amanullah Khan (24 August 1934 – 26 April 2016) was the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a Kashmiri militant activist group that advocates independence for the entire Kashmir region. Khan's JKLF initiated the ongoing armed insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir with backing from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which lasted until Pakistan dropped its support of nationalist Kashmiri separatists in favour of pro-Pakistan Islamist groups, such as the Hizbul Mujahideen. In 1994, the JKLF in the Kashmir Valley, under the leadership of Yasin Malik, renounced militancy in favour of a political struggle. Amanullah Khan disagreed with the strategy, causing a split in the JKLF. Early life Amanullah Khan was born on 24 August 1934 in the hamlet of Pari Shang in the Astore District of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (present day Gilgit-Baltistan). His father, Jumma Khan died when he was three years old. Khan was relocated to Kupwara in the Kashmir Valley to live with his brother-in-law Hashmat Ali Khan. He went to primary school locally and secondary school in Handwara. Khan completed the matriculation exam in 1950, where he is said to have scored the highest marks among Muslim students. He subsequently received an admission to the Sri Pratap College in Srinagar with the help of National Conference leader Maulana Masoodi, who also provided him space to stay at the Mujahid Manzil, the National Conference headquarters. Afterwards, he joined the Amar Singh College. In 1947, the state of Jammu and Kashmir came to be divided between India and Pakistan, with the Kashmir Valley being under Indian control and Khan's native place of Astore being under Pakistani control. Khan was a staunch supporter of Pakistan and became active in student politics. His anti-India protests came under the scanner of the Sheikh Abdullah administration in the Valley and a series of FIRs were registered. Eventually, when Khan held a protest after the assassination of Pakistani prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, he was served a deportation order. He drove to Jammu and from there crossed into Sialkot in January 1952.

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